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Bergen-Belsen

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[ber-guhn-bel-zuhn, bur-guhn-bel-suhn] / ˈbɛr gənˈbɛl zən, ˈbɜr gənˈbɛl sən /

noun

  1. Belsen.


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Micha Gelber, one of the last Dutch survivors of Bergen-Belsen, told AFP that preserving the memory of the camps was all the more important given the rise of antisemitism in the Netherlands.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

He cites a heartbreaking example of such resistance, shown by a group of young Tunisian Jews who arrived at Bergen-Belsen in 1943.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Her family was arrested in August 1944 and she died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen in February 1945.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

His father went to an exhibition of the shocking first photographs to emerge from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after it was liberated by British troops in April 1945.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

Roza and I start playing as a sort of roving duet at all the weddings in Bergen-Belsen.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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