1943
Belsen
Bergen-Belsen becomes an internment camp
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Bergen-Belsen in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Bergen-Belsen becomes an internment camp
Bergen-Belsen becomes a full-scale concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen becomes a full-scale concentration camp
Appointed Commander of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the "Beast of Belsen"
35,000 die in the 1st 2 months of 1945
The Allies liberate Bergen-Belsen
Provenance
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