Belsen

American

[bel-zuhn] / ˈbɛl zən /

noun

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

Belsen British

/ ˈbɛlsən, ˈbɛlzən /

noun

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

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At Belsen, the huts, the barracks, the evidence, remained.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

In his landmark broadcast he included the words: "This day at Belsen was the most horrible of my life."

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

In April 1945, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first reporter to enter the liberated Belsen concentration camp.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2022

All were deported and Anne died in the Bergen Belsen camp at the age of 15.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2022

Miep Gies, one of the family’s helpers, kept Anne’s diary safe until it was published by Anne’s father, Otto, in 1947, two years after Anne died in the Bergen Belsen camp at age 15.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2022

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