Bergen-Belsen and Gardelegen

	Accession Number: NEKHC:2009.186.1-56 Object: Photographs Category: Bergen-Belsen; The Nazi Camp System Physical Description: 59 photographs showing Bergen-Belsen and Gardelegen in Germany. Complete Image Use: Use of images owned by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum is governed by our Terms and Conditions. Do you recognise someone? We undertake every effort to ensure our information is correct, and where possible seek the consent of people who feature in images from our collection. If you recognise someone in a photograph, or have further information relating to an image, please contact [email protected] Information: The National Holocaust Centre and Museum takes all reasonable measures to ensure we are not infringing on the rights of others. If you are the owner of the copyright or related rights in any of the material from our collections on this website, or you believe that the material may be subject to a third party ownership or another legal claim, and you believe its use infringes your intellectual property or any other rights, please contact us on [email protected] We endeavour to resolve objections in a timely manner, and will withdraw affected materials from the website until the matter is resolved. The information you provide will be treated as confidential and will be used only in connection with this enquiry.

Accession Number: NEKHC:2009.186.1-56

Object: Photographs

Category: Bergen-Belsen; The Nazi Camp System

Physical Description: 59 photographs showing Bergen-Belsen and Gardelegen in Germany. Complete

Image Use: Use of images owned by the National Holocaust Centre and Museum is governed by our Terms and Conditions.

Do you recognise someone? We undertake every effort to ensure our information is correct, and where possible seek the consent of people who feature in images from our collection. If you recognise someone in a photograph, or have further information relating to an image, please contact [email protected]

Information: The National Holocaust Centre and Museum takes all reasonable measures to ensure we are not infringing on the rights of others. If you are the owner of the copyright or related rights in any of the material from our collections on this website, or you believe that the material may be subject to a third party ownership or another legal claim, and you believe its use infringes your intellectual property or any other rights, please contact us on [email protected]
We endeavour to resolve objections in a timely manner, and will withdraw affected materials from the website until the matter is resolved. The information you provide will be treated as confidential and will be used only in connection with this enquiry.

Further Information

Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp was established by the Nazi regime near Celle, Lower Saxony, Northern Germany. From 1940 until 1943 Bergen-Belsen operated solely as a Prisoner of War (POW) camp. The WVHA eventually designated Bergen-Belsen a concentration camp which during operation held Jewish people, political prisoners, Roma people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, criminals, homosexuals and others considered undesirable by the Nazi regime, as well as POWs. Conditions were horrific, around 52,000 people were murdered in Bergen-Belsen through starvation, disease, and brutal treatment.
Soldiers from the British 11th Armoured Division entered and liberated the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp complex without a fight on 15, April 1945. Bergen-Belsen was the first camp liberated by British forces.
Bergen-Belsen displaced person’s camp was established by British forces in a former Military School Barracks near the site of the concentration camp. It became the largest displaced persons camp in Europe.

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Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen (2015) ‘The POW Camp (1940-1945)’, Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen [Online]. Available at: http://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/en/history/pow-camps.html (Accessed 2 April 2015).

Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen (2015) ‘The Concentration Camp (1943-1945)’, Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen [Online]. Available at: http://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/en/history/concentration-camp.html (Accessed 2 April 2015).

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