Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: Nazi concentration camp
- Also known as: “Belsen”, “Bergen-Belsen”, “KZ Bergen-Belsen”, and “Lager Bergen Belsen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Schloss Bredebeck.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Museum
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Bergen-Belsen Memorial is a museum, which is situated 350 metres east of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Schloss Bredebeck
Castle
Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function. The house is located in woodland in the German state of Lower Saxony between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of Bergen-Hohne Training Area. Schloss Bredebeck is situated 3½ km north of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walle and Belsen.
Walle
Village
Walle is a village and Ortschaft of the municipality of Winsen in Celle district, Lower Saxony, on the Lüneburg Heath in Germany. Walle is situated 3 km southeast of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Belsen
Village
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Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. Belsen is situated 3½ km northeast of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
- Categories: Nazi concentration camp, concentration camp, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Bergen-Belsen concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Belsen”
- Afrikaans: “Bergen-Belsen-konsentrasiekamp”
- Arabic: “معسكر بيرغن بيلسن”
- Armenian: “Բերգեն-Բելզեն”
- Azerbaijani: “Bergen-Belzen konsentrasiya düşərgəsi”
- Azerbaijani: “Bergen-Belzen”
- Basque: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Belarusian: “Берген-Бельзен”
- Belarusian: “Бэрген-Бэльзэн”
- Breton: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Bulgarian: “Берген-Белзен”
- Catalan: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Chinese: “伯根-贝尔森集中营”
- Chinese: “贝尔根-贝尔森集中营”
- Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Bergen-Belsen”
- Croatian: “Sabirni logor Bergen-Belsen”
- Czech: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Bergen-Belsen”
- Danish: “Bergen-Belsen koncentrationslejr”
- Danish: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Dutch: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Esperanto: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Finnish: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Finnish: “Bergen-Belsenin keskitysleiri”
- French: “Bergen-Belsen”
- French: “camp de Bergen-Belsen”
- French: “camp de concentration de Bergen-Belsen”
- Galician: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Georgian: “ბერგენ-ბელზენი”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen”
- German: “KZ Bergen-Belsen”
- Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Μπέργκεν-Μπέλζεν”
- Hebrew: “ברגן-בלזן”
- Hebrew: “מחנה הריכוז ברגן-בלזן”
- Hungarian: “bergen-belseni koncentrációs tábor”
- Hungarian: “Bergen-belseni koncentrációs tábor”
- Inari Sami: “Bergen-Belsen -čokkimleirâ”
- Inari Sami: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Bergen-Belsen”
- Irish: “Campa géibhinn Bergen-Belsen”
- Italian: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Bergen-Belsen”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Bergen-Belsen”
- Japanese: “ベルゲン・ベルゼン”
- Japanese: “ベルゲン・ベルゼン強制収容所”
- Korean: “베르겐-벨젠 강제 수용소”
- Kurdish: “Kampa komkirinê ya Bergen-Belsen”
- Latvian: “Bergenes-Belzenes koncentrācijas nometne”
- Lombard: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Macedonian: “Берген-Белзен”
- Manx: “sleih-champ Bergen-Belsen”
- Marathi: “बर्गन-बेल्सन छळछावणी”
- Mingrelian: “ბერგენ-ბელზენიშ საკონცენტრაციე კარე”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsen -čohkkenleaira”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsen -konsentrašuvdnaleaira”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsen čohkkenleaira”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsen konsentrašuvdnaleaira”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsena čohkkenleaira”
- Northern Sami: “Bergen-Belsena konsentrašuvdnaleaira”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Norwegian: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bergen-Belsen”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری برگن-بلزن”
- Persian: “اردوگاه مرگ برگن بلزن”
- Polish: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Polish: “KL Bergen-Belsen”
- Polish: “KZ Bergen-Belsen”
- Portuguese: “Belsen”
- Portuguese: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Portuguese: “KZ Bergen-Belsen”
- Romanian: “Lagărul de concentrare Bergen-Belsen”
- Romansh: “Champ da concentraziun Bergen-Belsen”
- Russian: “Берген-Бельзен”
- Russian: “Шталаг 311”
- Russian: “Шталаг XI C”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Campa-dùmhlachaidh Bergen-Belsen”
- Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Берген-Белзен”
- Serbian: “Логор Берген-Белзен”
- Skolt Sami: “Bergen-Belsen -kõõskõsvaŋggleiʹrr”
- Skolt Sami: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Bergen-Belsen”
- Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Bergen-Belsen”
- Spanish: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Swedish: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Thai: “ค่ายกักกันแบร์เกิน-เบ็ลเซิน”
- Turkish: “Bergen-Belsen toplama kampı”
- Ukrainian: “Берген-Бельзен”
- Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Bergen-Belsen”
- Welsh: “Bergen-Belsen concentration camp”
- Western Frisian: “Bergen-Belsen”
- Yiddish: “בערגן-בעלזן”
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