▁roots . ▁Our ▁goal ▁is ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁world ▁of ▁peace ▁and ▁freedom . ▁This ▁is ▁our ▁responsibility ▁to ▁our ▁murder ed ▁friends ▁and ▁their ▁relatives . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Buch en wald ▁O ath ▁was ▁read ▁al oud , ▁the ▁prisoners ▁raised ▁their ▁hands ▁and ▁said , ▁" We ▁swe ar ". ▁▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁Buch en wald ▁O ath ▁was , ▁for ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Res istance ▁f igh ters , ▁an ▁important ▁symbol ▁in ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁fasc ism . ▁The ▁role ▁of ▁Commun ist ▁function ary ▁prisoners ▁is ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁controvers ial ▁debate , ▁also ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁explo ited ▁by ▁the ▁German ▁Democratic ▁Republic ▁( G DR ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁G DR , ▁the ▁Res istance ▁was ▁viewed ▁within ▁the ▁framework ▁of ▁social ist ▁anti - f asc ism . ▁The ▁achiev ements ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Res istance ▁f igh ters ▁were ▁gl or ified ▁while ▁other ▁Res istance ▁f igh ters ▁and ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁vict ims ▁were ▁little ▁discussed . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁in ▁West ▁Germany , ▁the ▁contribution ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ists ▁was ▁hardly ▁mentioned . ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁how ▁much ▁the ▁function ary ▁prisoners ▁co oper ated ▁with ▁the ▁SS ▁and ▁how ▁much ▁they ▁themselves ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ty ran ny ▁in ▁the ▁camp ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁much ▁discussed . ▁ ▁Buch en wald ▁Man if esto ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁of ▁the ▁Buch en wald ▁Man if esto ▁The ▁Buch en