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Germany s Buchenwald Camp raps disrespectful tobogganers Site complains masses of daytrippers disturb the peace of the dead with winter sports at former Nazi camp; Historical sensitivity is fading, says foundation director AFP | Published: 01.14.21 , 22:50 The German memorial at former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald Thursday demanded an end to visitors playing winter sports at the site, after some were even spotted sledding at its mass graves. Criticizing disrespectful behavior, the foundation asked guests to refrain from leisure pastimes at Buchenwald and the former subcamp Mittelbau-Dora in eastern Germany. 3 צפייה בגלריה (Photo: Bild) Sporting activities are a violation of visitor rules and disturb the peace of the dead, it said in a statement, warning that its security staff would be stepping up patrols and trespassers would be reported to the police. ....
1k shares Sporting activities are a violation of visitor rules and disturb the peace of the dead, the memorial site said in a statement on Thursday. It warned that its security staff would be stepping up patrols and trespassers would be reported to the police. The director of the foundation, Jens-Christian Wagner, told news website Der Spiegel that masses of daytrippers had gathered at the site over the weekend and most seemed to have come for fun in the snow. Some of the sledge tracks ended at the mass graves, he said. Wagner said he could understand that many families with children wanted to spend time outside, particularly during a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus, but that the memorial expected appropriate behaviour from its visitors. ....
A documentary claimed secret tunnels at Buchenwald could contain Nazi gold Buchenwald and its sub camps was used to house thousands of slave labourers Much of the Nazi war machine was sent underground to avoid Allied bombing Treasure hunters have been warned to avoid a former Nazi concentration camp after a documentary claimed Hitler ordered stolen treasure to be buried in tunnels at the site. More than 56,000 people died in Buchenwald and its satellite camps between 1937 and 1945 where the Nazis used slave labour to excavate massive tunnels initially used as giant factories ADVERTISEMENT However, a new documentary claimed that the tunnels were later used to store valuables stolen from many of the six million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust. ....