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Belsen

[ bel-zuhn ]

noun

  1. locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.


Belsen

/ ˈbɛlsən; ˈbɛlzən /

noun

  1. a village in NE Germany: with Bergen, the site of a Nazi concentration camp (1943–45)
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"Three weeks after Varsity, Belsen concentration camp was liberated. Two weeks after, Hitler killed himself, and a week after that Germany capitulated – it's probably hardly talked about because events overtook themselves."

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Mr Turski's father and brother were killed in the gas chambers, while his mother was sent to work at the Bergen Belsen camp in northern Germany.

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It was published after her death at Bergen Belsen camp aged 15.

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The newsreels of the liberation of Belsen horrified her.

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All were deported and Anne died in the Bergen Belsen camp at age 15.

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