Eighty years on, survivors and families remember horrors of Bergen Belsen
Summary
Troops from Britain and Canada found the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany in April 1945 and saw many dead bodies and sick people there. To remember the 80th anniversary of this day, survivors and families came to the place where the camp was.Key Facts
- Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
- British and Canadian troops found the camp in April 1945.
- The soldiers saw 13,000 dead bodies there and also saw 60,000 very sick people.
- 80 years later, survivors and families held a remembrance at the old camp site.
- There was no fighting when the troops found the camp because they made an agreement with German leaders.
- Overcrowding in the camp caused disease and hunger.
- Even though the war was almost over, people still died at Bergen-Belsen.
- After the camp was found, 14,000 people died because they could not eat the food that was given to them.
- Most of the people at Bergen-Belsen were Jews, but there were also soldiers from the Soviet Union and other groups.
- Today, the buildings and fences are gone, but there are still remembrance stones and crosses.
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