[Photo] 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.

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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

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Bert Hardy

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ww2dbaseImperial War Museum

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David Stubblebine

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1 Jan 2006

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WW2-Era Place Name	Bergen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Lat/Long	52.7578, 9.9078

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