medical relief effort at Belsen
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The medical relief effort at Belsen
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/005
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05556dh
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]London, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Vallentine Mitchell
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2006
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp31-50
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust Studies: a journal of culture and history' Vol.12 No.1-2 Summer/Autumn p31-50
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Over 14,000 inmates of Bergen-Belsen died in the first few weeks after the camp was liberated. This essay looks in outline at the evidence and shows how the British struggled to handle a humanitarian crisis for which they were quite unprepared