Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen
- Mala recounted her experiences during the war, detailing the terror of the Nazi invasion and the horrors she faced, including her time in Bergen-Belsen where thousands perished due to extreme conditions.
- At Bergen-Belsen, a camp that housed Jews and other groups, food shortages led to suffering and death from diseases like typhus among the 41,000 inmates by March 1945.
- Mala emphasizes the importance of remembering the past and fighting against antisemitism and racism, stating, 'We must never forget.'
- Bergen-Belsen transitioned from a POW camp to a concentration camp in 1943, holding a diverse population including Jews and political prisoners; about 50,000 died there.
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Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen
20 hours agoShareSaveDuncan KennedyBBC News at Bergen BelsenShareSaveAFPThere had been rumours. There had been aerial photographs. There had been the written testimony of a few escapees. But it took liberation for the revelation of the shocking reality of the Nazi’s concentration camps.Nowhere was this more true than when British and Canadian troops advanced on the camp at Bergen-Belsen, near Hanover, in April 1945. A truce with local German com…
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