Belsen And It's Liberation (Images Of War - Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives)

Publishers Warning: THIS BOOK CONTAINS IMAGES AND TEXT THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND DISTURBING.This latest title by Military Historian Ian Baxter records the history of one of the Reich's most infamous Konzentrationslager - KZ Belsen. Starting with its construction in 1935 and its initial use as a Panzertruppen training centre from 1937, the Author goes onto describe how it was turned into a POW Camp (Stalag XI) from September 1939 through to April 1943. Originally made up of 4 individual POW compounds (A-D), in April 1943 one of these compounds - C - was handed over to the SS at their request for conversion into a Konzentrationslager. In August 1944 a new women's camp was also established within the main compound which at its peak held an estimated total of 9000 women and girls of all ages. A large proportion of the detained women prisoners came from The Netherlands, Hungary, Salonica, Czechoslovakia and Warsaw (resistance fighters captured in the failed uprising of 1944), and its notoriety stemmed from both the unspeakable acts perpetuated on the inmates by its female SS Guard detachment - several of which were later executed for War Crimes - and the fact that during February-March 1945 both Anne Frank and her older sister Margot were to succumb to illness and mistreatment while detained within the women's camp. Unlike other extermination camps there were no gas chambers at Bergen, its inmates were murdered through extreme and unimaginable acts of cruelty, starvation, experimentation and illness. An additional difference to that of other locations was that the detainees in both the male and female camps inside the compound were also not just Jewish, but included large numbers of LGBTIQ+ women, cross dressers and what we now refer to as being Transgender, along with members of the Roma and Sinti Population. This disturbing history of barbarism also covers the camps eventual liberation, desperate efforts to save the detainees, and the resulting War Crimes Trials. Accompanied By Rare And Unpublished Photos With In-depth Captions The Book Presents A Unique Visual Account Of One Of The Nazi's Most Infamous Concentration Camps. The Imagery Shows The Ss's Murderous Activities Inside Belsen, And Also Reveal Another Disturbing Side To Them Relaxing In Their Barracks Or Visiting Their Families And Loved Ones. The Book Is An Absorbing Insight Into How The Ss Played A Key Part In Murdering, Torturing And Starving To Death Tens Of Thousands Of Inmates. During The Latter Part Of The War As Many As 500 A Day Were Perishing From The Long-term Effects Of Starvation As Well As The Resultant Diseases. There Is A Wealth Of Information On How The Camp Was Run And All Aspects Of Life Inside The Camp For The Inmates Are Covered. The Final Episode Of Belsen Is Witnessed By British Soldiers Of The Second Army, Who Were Completely Unprepared For What They Encountered When They Arrived At The Gates Of The Camp. Inside The Camp They Found Some 10,000 Unburied Dead In Addition To The Mass Graves Already Containing 40,000 More Corpses. This Latest Images Of War Book Captures The Shocking Story Of Those That Ran Belsen, Those That Perished, And The Troops That Liberated The Living From Their Hell. Introduction -- Profile Of A Concentration Camp Guard -- Chapter One Pow Camp -- Chapter Two Under Ss Control -- Chapter Three Liberation -- Appendix I Belsen Concentration Camp Staff -- Appendix Ii Sentences Given To Staff Ian Baxter. Accompanied by rare and unpublished photos with in-depth captions the book presents a unique visual account of one of the Nazi's most infamous concentration camps. The imagery shows the SS's murderous activities inside Belsen, and also reveal another disturbing side to them relaxing in their barracks or visiting their families and loved ones.#8232;#8232;The book is an absorbing insight into how the SS played a key part in murdering, torturing and starving to death tens of thousands of inmates. During the latter part of the war as many as 500 a day were perishing from the long-term effects of starvation as well as the resultant diseases. There is a wealth of information on how the camp was run and all aspects of life inside the camp for the inmates are covered. #8232;#8232;The final episode of Belsen is witnessed by British soldiers of the Second Army, who were completely unprepared for what they encountered when they arrived at the gates of the camp. Inside the camp they found some 10,000 unburied dead in addition to the mass graves already containing 40,000 more corpses.#8232;#8232;This latest Images of War book captures the shocking story of those that ran Belsen, those that perished, and the troops that liberated the living from their hell. [Elib] Accompanied by rare and unpublished photos with in-depth captions the book presents a unique visual account of one of the Nazi's most infamous concentration camps. The imagery shows the SS's murderous activities inside Belsen, and also reveal another disturbing side to them relaxing in their barracks or visiting their families and loved ones. The book is an absorbing insight into how the SS played a key part in murdering, torturing and starving to death tens of thousands of inmates. During the latter part of the war as many as 500 a day were perishing from the long-term effects of starvation as well as the resultant diseases. There is a wealth of information on how the camp was run and all aspects of life inside the camp for the inmates are covered. The final episode of Belsen is witnessed by British soldiers of the Second Army, who were completely unprepared for what they encountered when they arrived at the gates of the camp. Inside the camp they found... Bisac Code 1: HIS027100; HISTORY / Military / World War II