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Bergen-Belsen facts for kids

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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.

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  • Bergen-Belsen - 2018-02-26 (088)

    Memorial to Soviet prisoners of war

  • Denkmal Rampe Bergen Belsen IMGP4318 wp

    Memorial on the ramp where prisoners arrived

  • Jewish Memorial at Bergen-Belsen

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

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