Liberation of Belsen concentration camp

Accession Number P02941.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Oakes, Harry
Place made Germany: Belsen
Date made 17 April 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Near Hanover, Germany. 17 April 1945. Female inmates of Belsen concentration camp sitting on the floor of a crowded hut which housed the victims of typhus. The woman in the foreground is holding a cup and a knife, the woman next to her has turned her face away from the camera. Imperial War Museum photograph BU4014. (Donor R. Wells)

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