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| Author | Ben Shephard |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| ISBN | 978-0-224-07355-4 |
| 940.531853595 | |
| LC Class | D805.5.B47 S54 |
After Daybreak: The Liberation of Belsen, 1945, is a book authored by Ben Shephard, published in 2005 by Jonathan Cape and Random House, in which he details the liberation of Belsen by British troops in April 1945. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Bergen-Belsen 1945: A Medical Student's Journal is Michael Hargrave's diary of his experiences providing medical assistance to the former inmates of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp between 28 April and 28 May 1945. It was written for his mother after he volunteered for the work while he was a student at Westminster Hospital Medical School in London. It is a typescript of the diary, which was originally hand-written, and begins with a foreword by the head of research at the Imperial War Museum and brief background notes by Hargrave's son David. Centre pages include photographs of the London medical students and the state of the camp, including the "human laundry".
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