InventarnummerM1996/017:020
BeschreibungBlack and white photograph of piles of bodies in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
The British army liberated Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945. On arrival in the camp, they found over 10,000 unburied corpses of people who had died of starvation, disease and maltreatment. Over 60,000 inmates, referred to as 'living skeletons', were living in the most appalling conditions. 13,944 perished after liberation as their health had deteriorated beyond medical intervention.
The British army liberated Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945. On arrival in the camp, they found over 10,000 unburied corpses of people who had died of starvation, disease and maltreatment. Over 60,000 inmates, referred to as 'living skeletons', were living in the most appalling conditions. 13,944 perished after liberation as their health had deteriorated beyond medical intervention.
EntstehungsortBergen-Belsen concentration camp
Datum 1945
Entstehungszeitraumpost World War II
Schlagwortconcentration camps, Holocaust, victims, corpses, destruction
Objektbezeichnungphotographs
Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper
Technikphotography
Format
- width: 162.00 mm
height: 117.00 mm
Sprache
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. George Stein