German president says Buchenwald a reminder of Nazi 'barbarism' Frank-Walter Steinmeier says during ceremony commemorating 76th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, that although Nazi leadership was responsible for the crimes, 'it was human beings who did this to other human beings' Associated Press | Published: 04.11.21 , 14:59 Germany's president on Sunday marked the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by reminding his compatriots of the inconceivable atrocities the Nazis committed there during the Third Reich. "Communists and democrats, homosexuals and so-called a-social's were incarcerated at Buchenwald. Jews, Sinti, and Roma were brought here and murdered," President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a speech in the nearby German town of Weimar, 76 years to the day after U.S. forces liberated the camp.