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Bergen-Belsen could mean:

  • Stalag XI-C Bergen-Belsen (1940-1943), prisoner-of-war camp
  • Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (1942-1945), on the site of the POW camp.
  • Bergen-Belsen DP camp, a displaced persons camp set up by British forces in 1945 near the site of the concentration camp.

Images for kids

  • Bergen-Belsen - 2018-02-26 (088)

    Memorial to Soviet prisoners of war

  • The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU4004

    Bergen Belsen crematorium in April 1945

  • The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU4068

    British and German officers finalize the arrangements for the ending of their temporary truce, April 1945

  • The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU4274

    Women survivors in Bergen-Belsen, April 1945

  • Bergen Belsen Liberation 05

    Some of the 60 tables, each staffed by two German doctors and two German nurses, at which the sick were washed and deloused, May 1–4, 1945

  • The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, May 1945 BU6674

    A crowd watches the destruction of the last camp hut

  • Denkmal Rampe Bergen Belsen IMGP4318 wp

    Memorial on the ramp where prisoners arrived

  • Anne frank memorial bergen belsen

    Memorial for Margot and Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen site

  • Mass grave at Bergen-Belsen

    One of several mass graves on the site of the former camp; the sign simply reads: '"Here lie 5,000 dead. April 1945"

  • Jewish Memorial at Bergen-Belsen

    The Jewish Memorial at the site of the former camp, decorated with wreaths on Liberation Day, April 15, 2012

See also

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