Belsen

(redirected from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp)
Also found in: Dictionary, Wikipedia.

Belsen

a village in NE Germany: with Bergen, the site of a Nazi concentration camp (1943--45)

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

THE Queen has paid her respects to the tens of thousands of people who died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Queen's tribute to the victims of Bergen-Belsen

When I was 17, I visited Germany with my family for the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Even After Passing, Two Survivors of Bergen-Belsen Continue to Shape the Life of Their Granddaughter Who Carries on Their Legacy

FORTY years ago I visited Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

Mantle of horror still serves as a warning

But nothing prepared him for the horrors that greeted him as one of the first soldiers to step inside Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany near the end of the Second World War.

Belsen was like walking into hell; Brit soldier relives camp of death on 70th anniversaryEXCLUSIVE

At the same time, a British lieutenant visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp wrote, "I shall remember this visit, chiefly because it brought home so much more clearly what we have been--and still are--fighting against, and it made me sure that the lives of many friends lost have been worthwhile.

Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich

I have also visited Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Niedersachsen; a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut and the Western ("Wailing") Wall in Jerusalem.

Only a tiny minority are potentially dangerous; Letters

Among the many sites the rally will take in, Hugh said one of the most poignant will be a visit to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Northern Germany, where a special memorial service will be held.

Ex-soldiers of yo road for charity

In December 2012, the Turkish Embassy in Berlin opened a memorial monument to mark the Turkish citizens killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Turkey marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

The gallery is an appropriate setting for the piece as late spring 2015 will mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by troops, including a number from the Durham Light Infantry.

Holocaust artwork unveiled

She died in 1945 aged 15 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany.

Justin Bieber hopes Anne Frank 'would have been a belieber'

Actress Lisa Faulkner also visits Germany to try to solve the puzzle of how her RAF-serving grandfather Lelly came to own photographs of some of the victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Pick of the day

When Sue was growing up her aunt, who was one of the first nurses to enter the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, told her how she found the doll in the rubble there.

Eyes of a pretty porcelain doll hide horror of Belsen; Precious toy being restored on Merseyside