Belsen
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- proper noun
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Belsen
- Many people around the world first learned about the atrocities committed at Belsen through photographs taken by liberating soldiers.
- Bergen-Belsen
- Belsen Liberation
Examples
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The liberation of Belsen concentration camp revealed the horrifying conditions faced by thousands of prisoners.
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In April 1945, the plight of those surviving in Belsen was heart-wrenching as disease and starvation took their toll.
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This day at Belsen, was the most horrible of my life.
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From there... they were sent to Belsen.
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The liberation of Belsen was an operation on a huge scale.
Academic text (1999) -
And this is what was filmed when British troops liberated Belsen concentration camp.
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Among the emaciated people sent westwards, was Anne Frank, who was taken to Belsen.
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At the huge mounds of unknown victims at Bergen-Belsen, I broke down sobbing.
Blog text (25) -
On April 24, 1945, British troops penetrated the camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany, taking prisoner some SS, some guards, and the camp commander, Joseph Kramer.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A place where many people are imprisoned without trial in harsh, crowded conditions
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A prison camp where people are kept and killed, often used by Nazi Germany in World War II
A place like a prison in northwest Germany where Nazis held and killed many Jewish people during World War II
Compounds
A place like a prison in northwest Germany where Nazis held and killed many Jewish people during World War II
Surface Forms
Etymology
Belsen comes from the name of a small village in northwestern Germany, and the camp was named after that place. That's why Belsen now reminds people of the Nazi concentration camp and the terrible suffering that happened there.