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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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Headstones.
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Erica.
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Another overview map of the camp. "E" at the top of the map is the gate to the prisoner of war cemetery.
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Middle part of the map. "A" at the top is the prisoner of war camp and "B" is the concentration camp.
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Middle part of the map. "C" is the entrance section and the administration, "D" is the main entrance to the camp.
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Right part of the map.
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Legend for the map of the camp the way it looked like in 1944.
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The camp as a memorial. "1" is the location of the Obelisk and Wall of Remembrance. "2" is the Jewish Memorial. "3" at the left side is the Polish Wooden Cross.
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Map of the memorial. "4" is the documentation centre.
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Map of the memorial. "5" is the current location.
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Eastern portion of the memorial.
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Legend of the locations in the memorial.
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Here rest 1000 dead.
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Looking towards the Obelisk.
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In September 1939, the Fallingbostel POW camp was established at the Bergen military training area. From June 1940, the construction workers' camp at Bergen-Belsen was used as a POW camp. In summer 1941, the Bergen-Belsen camp was expanded and the Oerbke and Wietzendorf camps were established to hold Soviet POWs. By spring 1942, more than 40,000 of the prisoners had died due to the insufficient food, shelter and medical care and the ruthless treatment they received at the hands of the Wehrmacht. In April 1943, a part of the Bergen-Belsen camp was transferred to the authority of the SS. From September 1943, Italian military internees were imprisoned in the Bergen-Belsen, Fallingbostel, Oerbke and Wietzendorf camps. From October 1944, captured soldiers of the Polish Home Army were imprisoned in the Fallingbostel and Bergen-Belsen POW camps. In January 1945, the Bergen-Belsen POW camp was evacuated and the buildings were taken over by the SS. In April 1945, the POWs in the Fallingbostel, Oerbke and Wietzendorf camps were liberated by the British Army.
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Buildings at the Chiemsee in Bavaria.
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