Belsen

[bel-zuhn]

noun

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

Belsen

/ ˈbɛlsən, ˈbɛlzən /

noun

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

Example Sentences

On Sunday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belsen, more than a thousand survivors and families will attending commemoration events at the camp.

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"Three weeks after Varsity, Belsen concentration camp was liberated. Two weeks after, Hitler killed himself, and a week after that Germany capitulated – it's probably hardly talked about because events overtook themselves."

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Mr Turski's father and brother were killed in the gas chambers, while his mother was sent to work at the Bergen Belsen camp in northern Germany.

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It was published after her death at Bergen Belsen camp aged 15.

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The newsreels of the liberation of Belsen horrified her.

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