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Bergen-Belsen

Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi camp in Germany established in 1940 and liberated by British troops in 1945. From 1940-1943, it was exclusively a prisoner of war (POW) camp. A portion of the camp was later converted into a concentration camp. Explore resources related to the Bergen-Belsen camp and the people imprisoned there during the Holocaust. 

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A uniformed soldier stands at the edge of a large burial pit. Groups of light-skinned women in dark clothing carry emaciated bodies by the hands and feet into the mass grave.
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A British soldier watches women SS guards
A camp survivor, soon after liberation. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 12, 1945. [LCID: 75127]
Photo
A survivor of Bergen-Belsen
Abraham Soep [LCID: 2656]
ID Card
Abraham Soep
Alan Zimm [LCID: azb0641m]
Oral History
Alan Zimm describes liberation from Bergen-Belsen
Alice Edelstein-Friedmann [LCID: 5733]
ID Card
Alice Edelstein-Friedmann
Alice Lok Cahana [LCID: acb0636f]
Oral History
Alice Lok Cahana describes arrival at Bergen-Belsen
Anne Frank: Amsterdam and deportation [LCID: ams78050]
Map
Anne Frank: Amsterdam and deportation
Aranka Ecksdein Muhlrad [LCID: 3415]
ID Card
Aranka Ecksdein Muhlrad
Bella Jakubowicz [LCID: 1521]
ID Card
Bella Jakubowicz
Bella Jakubowicz Tovey [LCID: bts0036f]
Oral History
Bella Jakubowicz Tovey describes a British soldier's visit while she was hospitalized in Bergen-Belsen after liberation
Bella Jakubowicz Tovey [LCID: btb0635f]
Oral History
Bella Jakubowicz Tovey describes conditions in Bergen-Belsen
Wearing numbers, the defendants in the Bergen-Belsen Trial sit in the courtroom in Lüneburg, Germany. IWM (HU 59545)
Timeline Event
Belsen Trial Begins
Survivors in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after liberation.
Article
Bergen-Belsen
Media Essay
Bergen-Belsen (Abridged Article) - Photograph
Media Essay
Bergen-Belsen (Abridged Article) - ID Card/Oral History
Bergen-Belsen after liberation [LCID: dfb0639l]
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Bergen-Belsen after liberation

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