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Prisoner of war and concentration camp Bergen-Belsen 1940
The German "Wehrmacht" establishes a prisoner of war
camp for 600 French and Belgian soldiers.May 1941
The camp is named „Stalag 311 (XI C)".from July 1941
Arrival of an estimated 20.000 Soviet prisoners of
war who are kept in the open and under extremely cramped conditions. Until
spring 1942 approximately 18.000 captives die of hunger, cold and disease.
April 1943
A section of the camp is handed over to the SS: establishment
of a 'detention camp' (Aufenthaltslagers) Bergen-Belsen for Jews who are intended
for exchange for Germans held in internment abroad. The remaining POW Camp
is used by the Wehrmacht, primarily as a military hospital.from March 1944
Establishment of a separate section of the camp for
sick prisoners from other concentration camps.from August 1944
Arrival of female prisoners especially from the concentration
camp Auschwitz-Birkenau; some of whom are sent on to concentration camp external
commandos.January 1945
Dissolution of the prisoner of war camp and annexation
of the wooden huts by the administration of the concentration camp.from January 1945
Evacuation of tens of thousands of prisoners from concentration
camps close to the front line to the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Extreme
overcrowding of the camp. Beginning of mass dying.Beginning of April 1945
Transfer of several thousand Jewish exchange prisoners
towards Theresienstadt.April 15th, 1945
Liberation of the camp by British troops.Overall, Bergen-Belsen claimed the lives of about 50.000 prisoners of the concentration camp, and 20.000 prisoners of war.
Displaced Persons Camp
and the Bergen-Belsen memorial April/May 1945
Evacuation of the survivors to nearby barracks
of the former German army, the Wehrmacht. To curb the risk of disease, the
huts of the camp are burnt down.1945 -1950
Displaced Persons camp Bergen-Belsen in the barracks
of the former Wehrmacht training camp.
April 1946
Unveiling of the Jewish memorial within the grounds
of the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. June 1946
Erection of the Soviet memorial at the cemetery for
prisoners of war at Bergen-Belsen (Hörsten).from 1947
Erection of the obelisk and the inscription wall by
orders of the British military government.1952
Responsibility for the Bergen-Belsen Memorial is handed
over to the Land Lower Saxony.1966
Opening of a document centre (Dokumentenhaus) illustrating
the history of the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.1968
Rearrangement of the Soviet prisoner of war
cemetery; erection of a German memorial stone.1988
Laying out of a foot path between the Memorial
grounds and the prisoner of war cemetery.April 1990
Opening of an extended and reorganized document centre
and the new permanent exhibition.
since 1991
The uncovering of some remains of buildings in the
camp by youth workcamps.
April 2000
Opening of the House of SilenceAugust 2000
Opening of new seminar rooms. |
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