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Buchenwald was a mean's concentration camp in 1937, and women were put there in '43 or '44.  They had barbed wire fences and the prisoners were confined to the north part of the complex.  Other parts were reserved for the riding academy, zoo and headquarters for the guards.  The Commandant's name was Koch.  The camp itself was located near the city but was in a forested area.  Prisoners were made to build roads as means for transport.  There were political prisoners, Jews, Gypsies, German army deserters, and officials from occupied countries held at Buchenwald.  The average workday was 14 hours long, roll call was 4 times a day, and the dead had to be taken to roll call.  When the war was ending, the Allies bombed near the camp.  Soon after, the prisoners were made to stand in the forested areas around the camp during bombings.  On the third day of this, the US bombed the camp instead of the area surrounding it.  It seems that the prisoners had a radio and were communicating with them.