6th US Armored Division- Buchenwald Liberation Monument
Details:
This monument can be found where rue de la liberation dead ends, at a small grassy plot in the middle of the roundabout.
Monument Text:
Text on the top plaque reads:
"IN APPRECIATION TO THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT AND THE LUXEMBOURG SURVIVORS OF BUCHENWALD FROM GRATEFUL FRIENDS IN THE U.S. 6th ARMORED DIVISION 2 AUGUST 1994"
Text on the bottom plaque reads:
"LE 11 AVRIL 1945 LE CAMP DE CONCENTRATION DE BUCHENWALD FUT LIBERE PAR L'ARMEE AMERICAINE. CE MONUMENT FUT ERIGE EN MEMOIRE DES MILLIONS DE GENS QUI ONT TROUVE LA MORT DANS LES CAMPS DE CONCENTRATION ALLEMANDS ET DANS L'ESPOIR QUE LA JEUNESSE D'AUJOURD'HUI PRESERVERA LE MONDE DE DEMAIN DE PAREILLES ATROCITES"
Translation of the bottom plaque reads:
"On April 11, 1945, the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by the US Army. This monument was built in memory of the millions found dead in German concentration camps and in the hope that today's youth will spare future generations of similar atrocities"