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History Learning Site Account
When Bergen-Belsen was handed over to British troops in April 1945, little could have prepared them for what they saw at the concentration camp. Belsen had originally been built as a prison for those arrested in Nazi Germany itself. However, as the war in Europe drew to a close in 1945, prisoners from Eastern Europe had been moved to the camp. When the British got to Belsen on April 15th, the prisoners were in appalling conditions and between 400 to 500 were dying each day. 19,335 total views
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Eric Trimmer (Medical Student)
Trimmer was born on 11 June 1923 in London. 22,782 total views
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Recognise Anyone?
Furthur still from the cine film taken 23rd/24th April. Can you help recognise anyone from the 113th Durham Light Infantry. Royal Artillery LAA? 21,661 total views
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Sgt. Lewis Stagnetto, 317 FSS, Intelligence Corps
In 1942, Lewis Stagnetto volunteered for the Armed Forces, aged 18, at Glasgow. 20,369 total views
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John Valls – 9th Armoured Div
John Valls, a beloved Laredoan and war hero, passed away on Friday at age 95 due to congestive heart failure. 19,944 total views
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E M Griffin, RAMC
E M Griffin. No 7 Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory. 19,551 total views
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Alexander Findlay
Alexander Findlay (born 1908). 20,586 total views
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Marie Lillian Gent
Having become quite interested in Genealogy and I’ve been able to find out a lot about my family including meeting “cousins” who connect 7 generations ago in the 1750’s. 16,919 total views
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Charles Philip Sharp (113th LAA)
Charles Philip Sharp, known as Philip, was born on April 2, 1912, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He had a sister Mignon. Philip had been in the Territorial Army for several years when it was called to duty during the Munich crisis in summer 1938. 20,531 total views
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Walter Gallant
Was at the Liberation of Belsen. No unit info known. 19,966 total views
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