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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.


Example Sentences

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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

“If I were to play you some of these works, and I didn’t tell you that they were written in Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen, you wouldn’t know. It’s beautiful music, that’s all.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

As the end of the war approached, he was stationed at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Bergen-Belsen might have been the place for me to survive until the end of the war, but for Moonface.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz