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On this day in 1945 : British troops liberate Bergen-Belsen

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Post by Guest Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:45 am

British troops have entered the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen.

Inside the camp the horrified soldiers found piles of dead and rotting corpses and thousands of sick and starving prisoners kept in severely overcrowded and dirty compounds.

Belsen, near Hanover in Germany, is the first concentration camp to be liberated by the British. Details of the conditions inside are likely to horrify a public which until now has only heard limited descriptions from the camps in Poland freed by the Red Army.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/15/newsid_3557000/3557341.stm

Lest we forget. We must never refrain from speaking out against those who commit atrocities, whoever they are, wherever they are.

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Post by Guest Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:13 am

What they found there was one of the worst examples of mans inhumanity to man. But it never stops, and we have to stay vigilant, because these days it is coming to fore in many places.

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Post by Irn Bru Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:34 am

Yep, a timely reminder of what happened in WWII and like you say we must never ever forget how these people suffered.

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