![2008-05-13 12:32:26 ** Bergen-Belsen, Concentration Camp, Germany ** 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.](/images/02c1fd3d8f49032b039828661febb42b_800_75.jpeg "2008-05-13 12:32:26 ** Bergen-Belsen, Concentration Camp, Germany ** 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.") Album: Germany 2008
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Tags: Bergen-Belsen, Concentration Camp, Germany 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. Exposure Time: 0.002 s (1/501)
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