Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Weimar, Thüringen, Germany || KZ Buchenwald

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

It is not believed Röntgen's carcinoma was a result of his work with ionizing radiation because of the brief time he spent on those investigations and because he was one of the few pioneers in the field who used protective lead shields routinely.
(10 February 1923)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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KZ Buchenwald

Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

Related events:

Friday 20th of August 1937 (x) — Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler inaugurates the Konzentrationslager
The camp was to be named K. L. Ettersberg but this was changed to Buchenwald since Ettersberg carried too many associations with Goethe.
Friday 26th of February 1943 (x) — The first transport of Gypsies arrives
Thursday 5th of April 1945 (-) — SS Standartenführer Karl-Otto Koch is executed by the firing squad
Koch was sentenced to death for disgracing both himself and the SS. He was the husband of Ilse Koch.
Wednesday 11th of April 1945 (x) — A detachment of troops of the U.S. 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, from the 6th Armored Division, part of the U.S. Third Army arrives at 15:15hrs to liberate the concentration camp