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At Bergen-Belsen memorial, warnings and worry on Holocaust remembrance
With most survivors well into their 80s and 90s, some observers worry that Holocaust remembrance, even in Germany, is becoming empty and perfunctory. LOHHEIDE, Germany (JTA) — At the former ...
The Independent18d
Holocaust survivor describes ‘sitting and waiting to die’ in Bergen-Belsen
A Holocaust survivor has recalled how Bergen-Belsen was “even worse” than Auchwitz “because you were brought there just to sit and wait to die”. Renee Salt told Sky News’ Sunday Morning ...
Sam Mendes Directing His First Documentary: ‘What They Found’ Will Tell The Story Of The Liberation Of Concentration Camp Bergen-Belsen
What They Found will air on BBC Two and iPlayer in April to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious camp ...
Daily Mail24d
Medals of WWII D-Day hero who helped to liberate Bergen-Belsen death camp are re-united with his family 30 years after they had to be sold to pay for widow's care
He went on to fight at Nijmegen during Operation Market Garden, was one of the first to cross the Rhine into Germany and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Sergeant Major Lines ...
BBC2mon
Bolt mechanism from Belsen
Bergen-Belsen was used by the German army as a prisoner ... This door locking bolt and spring came from the crematorium at the camp. The Rifles Museum has several artefacts related to this ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2y
At Bergen-Belsen, an activist born in DP camp commemorates loss and life
But that is exactly how Menachem Rosensaft views Bergen-Belsen. For it was here, in the displaced persons camp set up after World War II, that the longtime activist for Holocaust remembrance was born.