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Bergen-Belsen

American  
[ber-guhn-bel-zuhn, bur-guhn-bel-suhn] / ˈbɛr gənˈbɛl zən, ˈbɜr gənˈbɛl sən /

noun

  1. Belsen.


Example Sentences

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The King and Queen Camilla were later handed candles to light by Rachel Levy, who survived both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.

From BBC

Tribich, who survived Bergen-Belsen as a 14-year-old and was made an MBE in 2012 for services to education, asked ministers in a five-minute speech not just to listen, but to become her "witnesses".

From BBC

“If I were to play you some of these works, and I didn’t tell you that they were written in Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen, you wouldn’t know. It’s beautiful music, that’s all.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He cites a heartbreaking example of such resistance, shown by a group of young Tunisian Jews who arrived at Bergen-Belsen in 1943.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the end of the war approached, he was stationed at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

From BBC