Bibliograph

After daybreak, the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945, Ben Shephard

Type

Label

After daybreak, the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945, Ben Shephard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247] - 257) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

After daybreak

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

698460450

Responsibility statement

Ben Shephard

Sub title

the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945

Summary

A documentary filmmaker draws on Allied records, diary excerpts, and the testimony of survivors to describe the 1945 liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by the British, exploring the humanitarian and medical issues surrounding the camp's liberation

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Prologue: Approaching end -- What was known -- "You are free" 12-16 April 1945 -- The plan -- Frustrations: 18-23 April 1945 -- The chaplain's tale -- Reinforcements: Camp 1, 24 April - 2 May 1945 -- The Hospital: Camp 2, 21 April - 2 May 1945 -- "Would we mind?" -- Transformations: Camp 2, 2-21 May 1945 -- Burning the huts -- The "Holiday camp" -- "Our northern hosts" -- Divisions -- The Belsen trial -- Afterlives -- Judgements -- Appendix one: Death rate at Belsen -- Appendix two: External evacuation from Belsen -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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