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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2007/094:012 DescriptionB/W photographic postcard with a blurred image showing the burning of the huts at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 19 May 1945. The camp was liberated on April 15, 1945 and as each of the barracks was cleared they were burned down to combat the spread of typhus. The ceremonial burning of the last barracks occurred on May 21, 1945. Production date 1945-04-15 - 1945-05-21 SubjectBergen-Belsen concentration camp, concentration camps, liberation, destruction Object namephotographs Materialpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper Dimensions width: 139.00 mm height: 89.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Andrew Langley

Object numberM2007/094:012

DescriptionB/W photographic postcard with a blurred image showing the burning of the huts at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 19 May 1945. The camp was liberated on April 15, 1945 and as each of the barracks was cleared they were burned down to combat the spread of typhus. The ceremonial burning of the last barracks occurred on May 21, 1945.

Production date 1945-04-15 - 1945-05-21

SubjectBergen-Belsen concentration camp, concentration camps, liberation, destruction

Object namephotographs

Materialpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Andrew Langley

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