The Bergen-Belsen former concentration camp is burned to the ground by British soldiers to prevent the spread of typhus. [LCID: 75137]
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Bergen-Belsen is burned to the ground

Buildings of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp are burned to the ground by British soldiers to prevent the spread of typhus. Germany, May 21, 1945.

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