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  • Bergen Belsen Memorial

    Despite the annual britishness tweets of the liberation of Belsen, there is no memorial at the site for all the nationalities who went to help.  3,523 total views

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    Victor Long (1SAS)

    Those horrific images were seen at first hand by 82-year-old Victor Long, of Essex, a former SAS member who was one of the first British soldiers to enter the camp 60 years ago on Friday. These memories stay with you, you can never forget.  19,612 total views

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  • Albert “Paddy” Sutton – RAF

    A photo album from an Irish second World War veteran who was present at the Liberation of Belsen concentration camp has been made public for the first time.  18,586 total views

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  • First in – 63rd Anti Tank Regt.

    A super photo of B Troop, Anti Tank Regt. 249 Battery. (Oxford Yeomanry).  18,862 total views

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  • Maj Benjamin George Barnett (63rd ATR)

    Major Ben Barnett, one of the first British officers to arrive at Belsen, wrote: “There are no words in the English language that can give a true impression of the ghastly horrors of this camp.”  16,778 total views

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  • Alan Frickers. Pioneer Corps

    As requested, few details about my Father.  16,605 total views

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  • Cine Film at Belsen

    The liberation of Bergen Belsen was one of the most photographed, documented and filmed events of the war.  17,094 total views

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  • Douglas Brock Peterkin

    11th Light Field Ambulance.  6,268 total views

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  • Burning the Huts

    Stills from this British Pathe film show a number of personnel gathered to see the huts at Bergen Belsen burnt down.  16,002 total views

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  • Arnold R. Horwell (102 Control Section)

    My father, Dr Arnold Horwell (Horwitz),who has died at the age of 92, was born in Berlin; his father, Hugo, was the director of the state spirits monopoly.  18,610 total views

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