Belsen 1945

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Belsen concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, Germany.

Various shots soldiers (former SS camp guards) stacking naked skeletal bodies in mass grave. A British chaplain reads from the bible, while guards and British soldiers listen with bowed heads. The chaplain...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
63607
Sort Number:
UN 1154 D
Time in/Out:
01:04:24:00 / 01:08:25:00
Canister:
UN 1154 D
Film ID:
2141.02
Issue Date:

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