Last February I had a chance to see a Holocaust survivor Henry Golde speak about his experiences in a number of Konzentrationsläger including one near my destination. This weekend I will be in beautiful Weimar, Thüringia, which was once part of the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik. It has been my goal to visit one of the camps and I am making it a point to do so during this visit. KL-Buchenwald is 10 km from the center of the city. It was here that the notorious “Hexe von Buchenwald” Ilse Koch collected the skins with tattoos of camp victims.

Expect dramatic photos on Monday.