Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today in northern , southwest of the town of near . Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp.
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  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of 58 metres (190 feet)
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp
  • Also known as
    “Belsen”
    “Bergen-Belsen”
    “KZ Bergen-Belsen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Schloss Bredebeck.
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is a museum, which is situated 310 metres east of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
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was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. is situated 3½ km north of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walle and Belsen.
is a village and Ortschaft of the municipality… is situated 3 km southeast of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
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is a village within the German borough… is situated 3½ km northeast of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.

Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

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Latitude
52.75896° or 52° 45′ 32″ north
Longitude
9.90724° or 9° 54′ 26″ east
Open location code
9F4FQW54+HV
Geo­Names ID
13715367
Wiki­data ID
Q7332

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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-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”
  • Inari Sami: “Bergen-Belsen -čokkimleirâ”
  • Inari Sami: “Bergen-Belsen”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Bergen-Belsen”
  • Irish: “Campa géibhinn 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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