Buildings of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is burned to the ground to halt the spread of typhus. Germany, May 21, 1945.
![The Bergen-Belsen former concentration camp is burned to the ground to halt the spread of typhus. [LCID: 75136]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9fae910e-ab42-489c-b53d-7cd864b61613.jpg.pagespeed.ce.xIdSQrV-Dw.jpg)
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