| Caption | Â Â Â | 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 | ||||||
| Photographer | Â Â Â | Bert Hardy | ||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseImperial War Museum | ||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 21 May 1945 | ||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Â | Bergen, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||||
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| Licensing | Â | Crown Copyright / Public Domain. According to the Crown Copyright laws of the United Kingdom, copyright protection has expired for photographs created prior to 1 Jun 1957. | ||||||
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