Transcript Bergen-Belsen

Bergen-Belsen
By:Rashay Anderson
Why these Jews were in this camp
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In 1943 it became a
concentration camp on the
orders of Mr.Himmler, where
Jewish hostages were held with
the intention of exchanging them
for German prisoners of war
held overseas
What they ate
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Bully beef from Army rations
Skimmed milk
Bengal Famine Mixture
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Anne Frank died at this camp
along with her sister Margot
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On April 15, 1945, the British army
liberated Belsen. However, it was
unable to rescue the inmates. On
that liberation day the British found
10,000 unburied corpses and 40,000
sick and dying prisoners. Among the
40,000 living inmates, 28,000 died
after the liberation. The inmates
were abandoned in Bergen-Belsen
by the Germans, left behind for
death to come.
Cremation
Anne
Anne n Margot