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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM1996/017:020 DescripciónBlack 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. Lugar de producciónBergen-Belsen concentration camp Fecha 1945 Periodo de producciónpost World War II Temaconcentration camps, Holocaust, victims, corpses, destruction Nombre del objetophotographs Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper Técnicaphotography Dimensiones width: 162.00 mm height: 117.00 mm Lenguaje Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. George Stein

Número del objetoM1996/017:020

DescripciónBlack 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.

Lugar de producciónBergen-Belsen concentration camp

Fecha 1945

Periodo de producciónpost World War II

Temaconcentration camps, Holocaust, victims, corpses, destruction

Nombre del objetophotographs

Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper

Técnicaphotography

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. George Stein

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