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'''Bergen-Belsen''' was a Nazi concentration camp near Hanover, in northern Germany, and part of the [[Holocaust]] It was set up in 1943 on [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s orders with the designated purpose of holding Jews who were to be (temporarily) exempted from deportation to the extermination camps in the east so that they could be exchanged for German civilians held abroad.<ref> Richard Breitman, "Himmler and Bergen-Belsen."  ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 72-84. Issn: 1359-1371 </ref> Between 1943 and 1945 it changed from being a detention camp to a concentration camp where people were sent to die. The [[SS]] operated the camp, dividing it into Camp I for Soviet POWs, but later encompassed a Frauenlager for women and children. Camp II, or the Star Camp, was for Jews. The conditions were among the worst of any of the concentration camps. Before liberation on  

'''Bergen-Belsen''' was a Nazi concentration camp near Hanover, in northern Germany, and part of the [[Holocaust]] run by the dreaded Nazi [[SS]]. It was set up in 1943 on [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s orders with the designated purpose of holding Jews who were to be (temporarily) exempted from deportation to the extermination camps in the east so that they could be exchanged for German civilians held abroad.<ref> Richard Breitman, "Himmler and Bergen-Belsen."  ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 72-84. Issn: 1359-1371 </ref> Between 1943 and 1945 it changed from being a detention camp to a concentration camp where people were sent to die. The [[SS]] operated the camp, dividing it into Camp I for Soviet POWs, but later encompassed a Frauenlager for women and children. Camp II, or the Star Camp, was for Jews. The conditions were among the worst of any of the concentration camps. Before liberation on  

April 15, 1945, this site had deteriorated to the point that inmates transferred from Auschwitz were shocked by the camp's poor conditions.

April 15, 1945, this site had deteriorated to the point that inmates transferred from Auschwitz were shocked by the camp's poor conditions.

* Bamber, Helen et al. "Belsen Testimonies: The Camp and its Liberation." ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 209-249. Issn: 1359-1371  

* Bamber, Helen et al. "Belsen Testimonies: The Camp and its Liberation." ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 209-249. Issn: 1359-1371  

* Caven, Hannah. "Horror in Our Time: Images of the Concentration Camps in the British Media, 1945." ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' 2001 21(3): 205-253. Issn: 0143-9685  

* Caven, Hannah. "Horror in Our Time: Images of the Concentration Camps in the British Media, 1945." ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' 2001 21(3): 205-253. Issn: 0143-9685  

* Friedman, Max Paul. "The U.S. State Department and the Failure to Rescue: New Evidence on the Missed Opportunity at Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(1): 26-50. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: Project Muse  

* Friedman, Max Paul. "The U.S. State Department and the Failure to Rescue: New Evidence on the Missed Opportunity at Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(1): 26-50. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]

* Gutman, Israel, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the Holocaust,'' 4 vol (1989)  

* Gutman, Israel, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the Holocaust,'' 4 vol (1989)  

* Reilly, Joanne.  ''Belsen in History and Memory'' (1997); 260 pages

* Reilly, Joanne.  ''Belsen in History and Memory'' 1997 - 260 pages

* Reilly, Joanne.  ''Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp.'' 1998. 248 pp.  

* Reilly, Joanne.  ''Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp.'' 1998. 248 pp.  

* Schulze, Rainer. "'Keeping Very Clear of Any `Kuh-handel': the British Foreign Office and the Rescue of Jews from Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(2): 226-251. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: [ 1. Project Muse | Oup ]  

* Schulze, Rainer. "'Keeping Very Clear of Any `Kuh-handel': the British Foreign Office and the Rescue of Jews from Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(2): 226-251. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]  

* Shephard, Ben.  ''After Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945.'' 2005. 288 pp.   

* Shephard, Ben.  ''After Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945.'' 2005. 288 pp.   

* Verolme, Hetty. ''The Children's House of Belsen By Hetty Verolme'' (2005), memoir

* Verolme, Hetty. ''The Children's House of Belsen By Hetty Verolme'' (2005), memoir

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