Bergen-Belsen was absolutely disgusting when the Allies arrived.
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Bergen-Belsen was not an extermination camp like Auschwitz. However, most victims of Bergen-Belsen perished from starvation, typhus, or were shot.
Heinrich Himmler started Bergen Belsen in 1942.
Bergen-Belsen contained no gas chambers.
Bergen-Belsen was in between big and small.So it was about medium sized.
Anne Frank was sent to Bergen Belsen in 1944.
Bergen-Belsen became a concentration camp on the orders of Heinrich Himmler in 1940.
Conditions at Bergen-Belsen at the liberation were horrid. See Related Links below.
Bergen Belsen was opened in 1942 and was liberated by the British in April 1945.
Anne and Margot Frank both died at Bergen Belsen.
Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp. It was NOT a death camp.
The British entered Bergen-Belsen April 15, 1945.
33,000 Non-Jewish were killed at Bergen Belsen.