Belsen

[ bel-zuh n ]

/ ˈbɛl zən /

noun

locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Also called Bergen-Belsen.

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British Dictionary definitions for belsen

Belsen

/ (ˈbɛlsən, German ˈbɛlzən) /

noun

a village in NE Germany: with Bergen, the site of a Nazi concentration camp (1943–45)

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