Belsen: 70th anniversary of British liberation

Metro.co.uk ^ | 14th April 2015 | Oliver Wheaton

[the scotsman]

'While the horrors of the Holocaust are well documented, it doesn’t stop any new images from within the Nazi’s concentration camps from being any less shocking.

Never-before-seen photos have emerged depicting the liberation of Bergen-Belsen by British troops, and may even show the grave of Anne Frank who perished in the camp.

Tomorrow sees the 70th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation, during which British Reverend Charles Martin King Parsons was on hand with his camera to document the end of one of humanity’s darkest moments.

Around 20,000 Soviet prisoners of war are thought to have been killed in the camp between 1941 and 1945, along with 50,000 Jews and other people considered ‘undesireable’ by the fascist state.'

[the scotsman]

http://forces.tv/72134076
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-32314300
http://theconversation.com/why-bergen-belsens-1945-liberation-is-ingrained-in-british-memory-39956
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3038505/Burning-huts-Hitler-flags-concentration-camp-victims-starved-death-Harrowing-pictures-Belsen-released-70-years-liberation.html

http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2015/4/14/70-years-later-recalling-the-liberation-of-bergen-belsen#.VS6tyf90zcc=
http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-14/british-war-veteran-tells-itv-news-of-the-horrors-he-saw-at-bergen-belsen-nazi-concentration-70-years-ago/
http://www.newsweek.com/soldier-and-survivor-remember-bergen-belsen-322543
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/416948/bergen-belsen-through-eyes-its-liberator-bernice-lerner

[the scotsman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen-Belsen_concentration_camp

[Skooz]

bump for later

[theymakemesick]

There was a Frontline episode on PBS last night about this and other WWII concentration camps in Germany. Unbelievable,shocking horror that words cannot describe. PBS sometimes repeats episodes the following nights on their alternate Over The Air broadcast channels so it might be on again tonight. It seemed pretty much apolitical but sure exemplifies why we must never give up our arms.

[henkster]

Ping

[Big Red Badger]

Never Again

[Billthedrill]

A bump to the top for the night crew. The reference to Anne Frank made me furious as it always does. It is easier to give a face to evil and despise it than give a face to tragedy and be helpless before it.