Eighty years ago today, on April 11th, 1945 (February 29th, 1945 in the lunar calendar), the US military liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald concentration camp was a concentration camp established by the Nazis near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It was also one of the largest and earliest concentration camps in Germany. It was established in July 1937. Before American troops arrived in April 1945, Germany evacuated the concentration camp. During this period, a total of 56,000 victims were expected, of which about 11,000 were Jews. Camp convicts worked primarily as laborers in local munitions factories. The prisoners were Jews, Poles, political prisoners, Roma, Jehovah's Witnesses, religious figures, criminals, homosexuals and prisoners of war. Before 1942, most political prisoners were communists and anarchists, but later the proportion of other political prisoners greatly increased. The criminals also included writers, doctors, artists, former nobles, and princesses. They came from different countries, ranging from Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Italy, Romania and Spain (some Spanish Second Republic exiles). Most of the political prisoners from the occupied countries are members of resistance groups. In the concentration camp, a group of anti-fascist fighters headed by German Communists have been fighting against the Nazis, and they secretly planned to win freedom through armed uprising. They were greatly encouraged by the victorious advance of the Soviet Red Army. In April 1945, they launched an armed uprising and took control of the camp in less than a day, freeing nearly 21,000 people. On April 11, 1945, the Allied forces liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Chinese who were detained The three Chinese who were detained in Buchenwald concentration camp are: Wan Li Lei, born in Shandong, China on December 25, 1897, working as a locksmith and shoemaker, September 1943 He was released to Buchenwald on March 19 and transferred to another place on July 23, 1944, as a political prisoner; JoTonTschau, born in Zhejiang, China in 1914, chef by occupation, was released to Buchenwald on February 6, 1945, political prisoner; WuChungMing, born on 22 December 1912 in Zhejiang, China, of unknown occupation, was detained for an unknown time and was transferred to another place on 13 December 1943. From the age analysis, these three Chinese people will be nearly 100 years old if they can escape the Holocaust and survive to this day. But considering the war environment of that year, it is very unlikely that they are still alive. The Buchenwald Memorial Hall in Germany currently has 600 file photos published on the Internet. Buchenwald is a village in southwestern Germany. From 1937 to 1945, German fascists set up concentration camps here and brutally massacred tens of thousands of anti-fascist fighters. Different from the photos previously published by the museum, each of these photos was carefully recorded. In 1937, the scene at the gate of the unfinished Buchenwald concentration camp. In 1938, detainees were building Buchenwald concentration camp. This photo was taken for the administrators in the concentration camp. In 1944, a detainee in the concentration camp secretly photographed a major concentration camp in Buchenwald. In the last days of World War II, the Nazis killed a detainee in the concentration camp during the withdrawal. The victim was named Jacob Reinhard (Camp No. 60653). American troops arrived at the Espenfeld tent concentration camp near Buchenwald. The photo was taken in April 1945. The residents of Weimar, Germany, were taken to Buchenwald by American troops. The truck on the right is full of bodies. These are the detainees of concentration camps liberated from 11 to 14, 1945. An unknown American soldier rescued them from a group of concentration camp detainees liberated in April 1945. After the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, the American army took photos of four former detainees, hoping that they could appear in court as witnesses. In July 1937, the SS transferred the "prisoners" in the concentration camp to the newly built wooden barracks in Buchenwald. The boy's name is DavidJacubovics. He was taken from Auschwitz to Buchenwald concentration camp in June 1944. Four former Jews pose for a group photo four weeks after the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by the US forces