2K views · 117 reactions | #OnThisDay in 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They found 53,000 prisoners, the majority of whom were emaciated and suffering from disease. More than 70,000 prisoners, the majority of whom were Jewish, were murdered at Bergen-Belsen. Learn more: https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/15-april-1945-liberation-of-bergen-belsen/ #OTD #Belsen76 | Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Facebook

In April 1945, British forces liberated Bergen-Belsen, the concentration camp where 70,000 lives were lost. 80 years on, Sofie Cacoyannis visits the haunting remains of the site where prisoners endured unimaginable suffering. Today, commemorative services mark the anniversary of the camp’s liberation. #WW2 #history #remembrance #explained #armedforces #worrldwartwo #secondworldwar #bergenbelsen #liberation #news #forcesnews | Forces News

31K views · 1K reactions | A ceremony has been held in Catterick ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen In April 1945, regiments from the garrison discovered the concentration camp, which was the first insight the allies had into the atrocities that were being committed by the Germans across Europe. Watch here | Forces News | Facebook

When the British Army liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April of 1945, they found thousands of survivors, half of them Jewish, almost all of them on the verge of dying. The military Rabbi of the British Army arranged a Shabbat prayer. For the Jewish prisoners, this was the first Shabbat in 6 years of war, imprisonment, and torture. The BBC was there, recording the liberation, the Jewish survivors knew this, saw this, and with great effort, began to sing. They sang what would become I