BergenBelsen

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Holocaust site Nazi concentration camp

Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Germany infamous for its horrific conditions, mass deaths from starvation and disease, and the liberation images that became emblematic of the Holocaust’s atrocities.

Aliases (4)

Bergen-Belsen ×49
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ×8
Bergen-Belsen Memorial ×1
liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holocaust site → Nazi concentration camp →
campType	concentration camp → detention camp → exchange camp →
causeOfDeath	dysentery → overcrowding-related disease → starvation → typhus →
controlledBy	Nazi Germany →
conversionDate	1943-04-01 →
convertedTo	concentration camp →
country	Germany →
currentStatus	memorial and documentation center →
demolished	1945 →
endDate	1945-04-15 →
estimatedDeaths	50000 →
estimatedDeathsRange	37000–70000 →
hasMemorial	Bergen-Belsen Memorial →
languageOfName	German →
liberatedBy	British Army →
liberationCommander	Brigadier Glyn Hughes →
liberationDate	1945-04-15 →
liberationUnit	11th Armoured Division →
locatedIn	Lower Saxony →
locatedNear	Bergen → Celle →
memorialEstablished	1952 →
namedAfter	nearby villages of Bergen and Belsen →
notableDocumentation	British Army film footage of liberation →
notableFor	horrific living conditions → iconic liberation images of the Holocaust → mass deaths from disease → mass deaths from starvation →
notableVictim	Anne Frank → Hannah Goslar → Margot Frank →
operatedBy	SS-Totenkopfverbände → Schutzstaffel →
originalFunction	POW camp →
partOf	The Holocaust →
siteUseAfterWar	displaced persons camp →
startDate	1940-07-01 →
symbolizes	extreme neglect and cruelty in Nazi camps →
victimGroup	Jews → Roma and Sinti → Soviet prisoners of war → other persecuted groups → political prisoners →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Holocaust → Nazi camp system ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	notableCamp
Anne Frank ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	deathPlace
Margot Frank ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	deportedTo
Bergen-Belsen ("Bergen-Belsen Memorial") →	hasMemorial
Anne Frank ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	laterImprisonedAt
11th Armoured Division ("liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	notableEvent
Glyn Hughes ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	placeOfActivity
Margot Frank ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	placeOfDeath
Hannah Goslar ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	survived
Hannah Goslar ("Bergen-Belsen concentration camp") →	wasPrisonerIn