Albert G. Rosenberg et al.: Report on the concentration camp Buchenwald

Albert G. Rosenberg, Max H. Kimental, Richard Akselrad, Alfred H. Sampson, Ernest S. Biberfield: Report on the concentration camp Buchenwald. Buchenwald was the first big concentration camp to fall into the hands of the western allies intact. It was to serve as the key to an understanding of the system behind the con centration camps as a whole. Under the direction of Lieutenant Albert G. Rosenberg, the members of the team, Max M. Kimental, Richard Akselrad, Alfred H. Sampson and Ernest S. Biberfeld, began to lay the groundwork for an objective and conclusive report. Their own work in helping to dissolve the camp quickly made them realize that it was quite impossible for outsiders to gain even an approximately accurate picture of the complex situation within the camp and to evaluate its true significance. Such a task could be carried out only in close collaboration with a few reliable camp inmates.The first 110 pages are mainly based on the testimonies of Eugen Kogon, Werner Hilpert and Ferdinand Roemhild. The initial report was completed in Weimar within about a month. Added are some research results of Bernd Vorlaeufer-Germer regarding the sub-camp Tannenwald.