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Caption | Two days after all internees were evacuated from Bergen-Belsen, the last hut was set alight by a British flame thrower and burned to the ground due to the thick presence of typhus and lice, 21 May 1945. ww2dbase | ||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Bergen, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||||
Date | 21 May 1945 | ||||
Photographer | Bert Hardy | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | ||||
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Photos on Same Day | 21 May 1945 | ||||
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Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||
Photo Size | 1,200 x 876 pixels |
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