International concentration camp committees are organizations composed of former inmates of the various Nazi concentration camps, formed at various times, primarily after the Second World War. Althoug
Max Mannheimer, giving an address at the former Dachau concentration camp, May 5, 2002
Buchenwald Resistance
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The Buchenwald Resistance was a resistance group of prisoners at Buchenwald concentration camp. It involved Communists, Social Democrats, and people affiliated with other political parties, unaffiliat
International concentration camp committees
…are still active. During the Nazi era, there were active, underground resistance organizations at several of the camps, such as those at Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald and Dachau. After liberation, these groups became the foundation of post-war survivor organizations for their respective camps. The concentration camp…
Anti-nazi banner outside a barrack at Buchenwald. The sign, in rhyme, says "We anti-fascists want to go home to eradicate Nazi criminals".
"How we organized inside a Nazi concentration camp," an article by I. Weise and Paul Schreck published in The Worker detailing Schreck's activities as a member of the resistance, January 6, 1946
Buchenwald during liberation. The sign says, "The German political prisoners welcome their American friends."
Memorial at Stralsunder Cemetery: "We swear to keep alive the memory of the victims of Nazi barbarism."