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Germany 2008

Germany in May 2008 including Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Celle, weekend in Munich, Varus battle near Osnabrück and museum village in Cloppenburg.

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Bergen-Belsen (111) Cloppenburg Museum Village (225) Concentration Camp (111) Erica (3) Kalkriese (75) Munich (55) Smart (1)

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In deep mourning and deep reverence we Sinti (Gypsies) remember the victims of our nation. Through their violent death they remind the living to resistance against injustice.
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In memory of all jewish and non-jewish dutch whose ashes were scattered to the four winds between January 11th 1944 and April 15th 1945. And of those who found a resting place in one of the burial mounds after the liberataion on April 15th.
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We remember the men, women and children from many countries that were held at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen and lost their lives. Political enemies of National Socialism Jews Sinti and Roma Jehova's Witnesses Homosexuals Victims of the destruction of justice We remember the soldiers of the Soviet Union and other countries that lost their lives in the prisoner of war camp Bergen-Belsen.
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In memory of about 15,000 polish men, women and children who were martyred in KZ Bergen-Belsen, the ashes of whom rest in this ground.
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To the victims of the national socialistic tyranny.
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To the memory of all those who died in this place.
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Unfortunately I cannot read hebrew.
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Obelisk.
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Obelisk and memorial wall.
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Obelisk and memorial wall.
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The following text is from a russian story about the history of the Bergen-Belsen camp. It was translated into German by the archives group of the 8th international youth work camp in Bergen-Belsen and is published in the following passages. Additionally, there is a reproduction of the russian original. R. Keller Germany: The name Bergen-Belsen means (personified) hell and horror of the KZ camps. Photos that were made by the English show suffering and dying of the men, women and children in this camp and outraged the public. Since then Bergen-Belsen remains one of the most famous and terrible camps of the Nazi regime [...]. The history of this camp began with the founding of the military training area Bergen during the militarization of Germany. Since 1936 there were barracks that housed 4000 German and Polish workers. These were employed in the construction of the barracks and military camp Belsen. After the invasion of France, most of the remaining workers were placed into work batallions that consisted of 600 French and Belgian prisoners of war. In the spring of 1941 the army began with the installation of a prisoner of war camp (STALAG) because the attack on the Soviet Union was imminent [...]. Already in July of 1941 the first groups of Soviet prisoners of war arrived in Bergen-Belsen. Until the beginning of November more than 20,000 prisoners had been registered [...]. The first prisoners that got here during July and August were healthy. After the battle in the encirclement in the fall of 1941 weak soldiers reached the camp. The prisoners ate grass and bark and drank dirty water. This caused dysentery. The camp's hospital had 700 beds. The number of deaths rose steadily [...]. In November of 1941 the transport of work detachments stopped because of an outbreak of epidemic typhus. Quarantine was ordered which lasted until February 1942. The camp was isolated and prisoners of other camps that showed signs of the disease were brought here [...]. Until spring 1942 18,000 Soviet prisoners died in Bergen-Belsen. In January 300 to 400 prisoners died every day. Spring 1942 saw the construction of sanitary buildings. 18,000 prisoners died of starvation, cold and diseases [...]. In May 1942 an order was issued to close Stalag 311 (X1C). Until the end of April 1943 a prisoner detachment was founded that was working on the housing of the jewish hostages [...]. The hospital ran until 1945 [...]. In the Winter 1941/42 18,000 prisoners died, 11,000 more died in the hospital. The cemetary of the prisoners of war has 29,000 red army soldiers burried [...]. In the middle of 1944, the camp housed war prisoners of other nationalities [...]. December 1944 the closing of the camp began [...]. January 15th 1945, the camp Bergen-Belsen was closed.
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A small river in between the army training area and the memorial for the soviet prisoners of war.
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River on the way to the cemetery for the Soviet prisoners of war.
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Part of the army training area.
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Cobwebs in the branches next to the path.
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Spider in its web.
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