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Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp

Bergen, Lower SaxonyCelle (district)Displaced persons camps in the aftermath of World War II
The Liberation of Bergen belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU3805
The Liberation of Bergen belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU3805

Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp was a displaced persons (DP) camp for refugees after World War II, in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. It was in operation from the summer of 1945 until September 1950. For a time, Belsen DP camp was the largest Jewish DP camp in Germany and the only one in the British occupation zone with an exclusively Jewish population.: 34  The camp was under British authority and overseen by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) with camp directors that included Simon Bloomberg. Today, the camp is a Bundeswehr barracks, having been a British Army base (see Hohne Station) until 2015.

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Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp
L 298, Lohheide

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L 298
29303 Lohheide
Lower Saxony, Germany
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The Liberation of Bergen belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU3805
The Liberation of Bergen belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU3805
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