The British Army entering the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 15 Apr 1945 as German and Hungarian guards man the gate. On the right is a loudspeaker truck to inform inmates the camp was under British authority.

Caption     The British Army entering the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 15 Apr 1945 as German and Hungarian guards man the gate. On the right is a loudspeaker truck to inform inmates the camp was under British authority. ww2dbase
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Identification Code   BU3929
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Photo Size 1,000 x 854 pixels
Photos on Same Day 15 Apr 1945
Photos at Same Place Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  According to the United Kingdom National Archives, Crown copyright material that has been created prior to 1 Jun 1957 is considered to be in the public domain.

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
21 Nov 2019 08:21:01 PM

The British entered the camp under the truce agreement reached 12 Apr 1945 after German officers approached British lines with word of a Typhus-infested camp nearby. German Wehrmacht troops (white armbands) entered the camp with the British. The truce expired before the British could finish the massive clean-up work and the camp was promptly strafed by 4 German Luftwaffe Fw-190 fighters. Three medical orderlies were killed.

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