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Military Government at Belsen
The 224 Mil. Gov Det. was responsible for “the former concentration camp” and remained one month in Belsen (ie until the camp was completely evacuated). 20,654 total views
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John Proskie (RCAF/224 Mil Gov)
Canadian, Proskie was assigned to 224 Military Government. He arrived at Belsen April 17th. 22,365 total views
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Hugh O Hara – 11th Armoured Brigade
This is the horrifying image of young soldier Hugh O’Hara helping to bury thousands of death camp victims after liberating notorious Bergen-Belsen. Hugh, who served with the 11th Armoured Brigade, sits at the wheel of a bulldozer, a white hanky at his face, looking out over dozens of dead bodies. 23,858 total views
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Sgt Eric Jack Rawlings (63rd ATR)
Here we can see Sargeant Eric Jack Rawlings (R) with members of the camp staff during a search. 22,472 total views
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Kenneth Robertson Dempter (Claude) Medical Student
Former consultant pathologist King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor (b 1924; q St Thomas’s 1945; MD, FRCPath), d 6 March 2001. 22,890 total views
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William Roach Account at Belsen
William Roach, Troop Commander in the 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regt, and Battery Commander Major Chapman were told to go to Belsen. With two troops, they arrived at the camp mid-morning on 15th April. 19,059 total views
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James Henry Molyneaux (Lord)
“If I hadn’t seen what I did at Belsen I don’t think I would have believed someone could do those things to another living person.” Lord Molyneaux 23,443 total views
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Harold Tetlow, Padre
The first religious service held at Belsen took place using an alter under canvas with a rough wooden cross on top. 22,246 total views
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Tom Derek Bowden – Captured British Soldier
The Israeli ambassador and Lord Dannatt, former head of the British Army, were among those who paid tribute at a memorial service to a Norfolk soldier who fought for Israel after witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust. 20,320 total views
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Richard Elberfeld – American Field Service
My father, Richard Bradford Elberfeld, was a member of the American Field Service, attached to a British unit who liberated Bergen Belsen. 21,458 total views
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