Item ID	17972
Title	Survivors surrounding the memorial tablet erected at Bergen Belsen.
Reference Code	NY_07065
Description	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated by the British in April 1945. One of the first acts survivors took was to erect a memorial: "In memoriam to the 30,000 Jewish victims of war and starvation who fell during the regime of the German tyrants and the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen." Joseph Rosensaft, chairman of the camp’s Central Jewish Committee of Liberated Jews, later noted that JDC’s representatives were the first to visit from the outside world, and that its staff brought survivors "warmth and encouragement from America."
City / Town	Bergen-Belsen	similar items
Country	Germany	similar items
Dates	1945
Decade	1940	similar items
Selected Search Code	Terra	similar items
Size	5 x 7
Format	Print

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