Bergen-Belsen Conentration Camp
Prisoner Of War Camp
Bergen-Belsen
In 1940 Bergen-Belsen was created. This was used as a prisoner of war camp. The conditions in this concentration camp was good..at lest by conentrationb camp standards.
A quote by Martin Niemller
When Hitler attacked the Jews ... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church—and there was nobody left to be concerned.
"When_Hitler_attacked_the_Jews_I_was." Columbia World of Quotations. Columbia University Press, 1996. 28 Mar. 2014. <Dictionary.com http://quotes.dictionary.com/When_Hitler_attacked_the_Jews_I_was>.
Bergen-Belsen Camp one and two
Around April of 1945 more than 60,000 prisoners were incarcerated at Belsen. They had to make another camp 1.5 miles apart. this camp was opend a few weeks before the camp was libarated. The second camp was used for site of a military hospital and barracks
Mass Graves
About 500 people would die each day from starvation and typhus this soon reached 14,000 people.
What to do with the bodies..?
The SS guards were to collect and bury the bodies, eventually the British had to resort to bulldozers