Allied airmen at Buchenwald concentration camp

Between 20 August and 19 October 1944, 168 Allied airmen were held prisoner at Buchenwald concentration camp. Colloquially, they described themselves as the KLB Club (from German: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald). Of them, 166 airmen survived Buchenwald, while two died of sickness at the camp.

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