People Liberated from the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
4/28/1945
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On April 28, 1945, the Army Signal Corps photographed these internees at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany 13 days after their liberation by the British. Despite desperate efforts to save them, 14,000 of the 45,000 prisoners interned at Bergen-Belsen had died by the end of June from the effects of their imprisonment.
The original caption for this photograph reads: Hungry Internees at the German Prison Camp in Belsen, Germany.
The original caption for this photograph reads: Hungry Internees at the German Prison Camp in Belsen, Germany.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 594425
Full Citation: Photograph 111-SC-204376; Photograph of Hungry Internees at the German Prison Camp in Belsen, Germany; 4/28/1945; Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/belsen-prison-camp, October 9, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
