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.
Bergen-Belsen was not an extermination camp like Auschwitz. However, most victims of Bergen-Belsen perished from starvation, typhus, or were shot.
Jews and Poles, mainly. When it first started, Belsen was used as a transport camp to trade Jews with the Allies. At around November 1944, as the Allies drew near, transports from other concentration camps were made to Bergen-Belsen.
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.
Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp. It was NOT a death camp.
Anne and Margot Frank both died at Bergen Belsen.
Bergen-Belsen was absolutely disgusting when the Allies arrived. See Related Links.
The British entered Bergen-Belsen April 15, 1945.
33,000 Non-Jewish were killed at Bergen Belsen.