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   Bergen-Belsen ( pronounced [ˈbɛʁɡn̩ˌbɛlsn̩] ), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, [1] in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Josef_KramerJosef Kramer - Wikipedia

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   Belsen trial. Criminal penalty. Death. Josef Kramer (10 November 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (from 8 May 1944 to 25 November 1944) and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (from December 1944 to its liberation on 15 April 1945).

   • Other names: The Beast of Belsen
   • Criminal penalty: Death

   • Cause of death: Execution by hanging
   • Criminal status: Executed

3. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › en › articleBergen-Belsen | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   Aug 22, 2023 · Soon after liberation, Bergen-Belsen gained international notoriety as a site of Nazi mass murder. More information about this image. Approximately 50,000 people died in the Bergen-Belsen camp complex. Among them was Anne Frank, the most well known child diarist of the Holocaust era.

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   Where is Bergen-Belsen?

   • Bergen-Belsen, Nazi German concentration camp near the villages of Bergen and Belsen, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Celle, Germany. It was established in 1943 on part of the site of a prisoner-of-war camp and was originally intended as a detention camp for Jews who were to be exchanged for Germans in Allied territory.

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   Why is Bergen-Belsen called Belsen?

   • Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was then burned to the ground by flamethrowing "Bren gun" carriers and Churchill Crocodile tanks because of the typhus epidemic and louse infestation. As the concentration camp ceased to exist at this point, the name Belsen after this time refers to events at the Bergen-Belsen DP camp. : 265

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   Is Bergen-Belsen a concentration camp?

   • The WVHA officially designates the Bergen-Belsen camp complex a concentration camp. SS Captain Josef Kramer replaces Adolf Haas as the commandant of Bergen-Belsen. The SS permits the second transport of Hungarian Jewish prisoners (around 1,300) to leave for Switzerland in return for cash payment.

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   What happened in Bergen-Belsen?

   • The German authorities dissolve the POW camp in Bergen-Belsen and establish the “large women's camp” ( Grosses Frauenlager) for female prisoners evacuated from other concentration camps. A German-American exchange allows 136 Jewish “star camp” prisoners with Central- and South- American papers to leave for Switzerland.

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5. www.britannica.com › place › Bergen-BelsenBergen-Belsen | Nazi Concentration Camp, Germany | Britannica

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   Mar 8, 2024 · Bergen-Belsen, Nazi German concentration camp near the villages of Bergen and Belsen, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Celle, Germany. It was established in 1943 on part of the site of a prisoner-of-war camp and was originally intended as a detention camp for Jews who were to be exchanged for.

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6. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › content › enBergen-Belsen In Depth: The Camp Complex | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   Learn about the sections of the Bergen-Belsen camp complex during WWII and the Holocaust until the camp's liberation by British forces in April 1945.

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   Bergen-Belsen: Key Dates | Holocaust Encyclopedia. Explore a timeline of the history of the Bergen-Belsen camp in the Nazi camp system. More information about this image. Autumn 1940. German military authorities establish the Bergen-Belsen camp as a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. April 1943.