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A Comet tank of British 11th Armored Division outside the gate of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp as British troops were first arriving at the camp, 15 Apr 1945.The British Army entering the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 15 Apr 1945 as German and Hungarian guards man the gate. On the right is a loudspeaker truck to inform inmates the camp was under British authority.
A Comet tank of British 11th Armored Division outside the gate of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp as British troops were first arriving at the camp, 15 Apr 1945.The British Army entering the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 15 Apr 1945 as German and Hungarian guards man the gate. On the right is a loudspeaker truck to inform inmates the camp was under British authority.
A pile of rotting corpses at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945. Note some camp buildings in the background.Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp as seen from outside the wire, 17 Apr 1945.
A pile of rotting corpses at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945. Note some camp buildings in the background.Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp as seen from outside the wire, 17 Apr 1945.
Emaciated Hungarian woman prisoner at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945.Emaciated prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp huddled into a room, 17 Apr 1945.
Emaciated Hungarian woman prisoner at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945.Emaciated prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp huddled into a room, 17 Apr 1945.
Female SS guards at Bergen-Belsen being put to work by the liberating British force, 17 Apr 1945.SS Hauptsturmfuhrer (captain) Josef Kramer, former Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, while under arrest by British forces, 17 Apr 1945. After trial, he was hanged 13 Dec 1945.
Female SS guards at Bergen-Belsen being put to work by the liberating British force, 17 Apr 1945.SS Hauptsturmfuhrer (captain) Josef Kramer, former Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, while under arrest by British forces, 17 Apr 1945. After trial, he was hanged 13 Dec 1945.
Two women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945.Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 1 of 3.
Two women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 17 Apr 1945.Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 1 of 3.
Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 2 of 3.Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 3 of 3.
Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 2 of 3.Women prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp preparing food in the open air with scores of rotting corpses all around them, 17 Apr 1945 (food provided by the British). Photo 3 of 3.
A sign erected by the British at the site of the former Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp (the camp had been burned to the ground to control the spread of typhus), 29 May 1945.
A sign erected by the British at the site of the former Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp (the camp had been burned to the ground to control the spread of typhus), 29 May 1945.


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