MP MARIA Miller has recognised the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen by the 11th Armoured Division of the British troops, posted by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) on Twitter.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Bergman-Belsen by the 11th Armoured Division. Let’s remember all those who lost their lives and the bravery of the British troops #Belsen75 @HolocaustUK https://t.co/Y17vIpOh3i
— Maria_Miller (@MariaMillerUK) April 15, 2020
A social media user commented on Maria Miller's tweet: “My uncle was part of the British forces.”
On April 15, 1945, 75 years ago, British troops from the 11th Armoured Division entered the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen and liberated over 50,000 prisoners.
The first camp to be liberated by British troops, the horror of Belsen was on such a scale the BBC refused to broadcast the full report by journalist Richard Dimbleby for fear of distressing listeners.
Around 10,000 dead bodies lay unburied, sanitation was non-existent.
There were 43,000 prisoners still alive, about two-thirds of them women, many so weak from starvation and disease they were unble to move from the huts where they were held and they were dying at a rate of 500 a day.
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