“Our fight is not over”: The liberation of Buchenwald and its survivors from Belgium

622 men from Belgium were liberated at the Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. Two Belgian missions travelled to the site to look for these survivors and to document the atrocities committed against them. This article explores the events leading up to the repatriation of the Belgian surv...

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Veröffentlicht: Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire 2026
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Zusammenfassung:622 men from Belgium were liberated at the Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. Two Belgian missions travelled to the site to look for these survivors and to document the atrocities committed against them. This article explores the events leading up to the repatriation of the Belgian survivors and illustrates the diversity of this particular group.