Bergen-Belsen Memorial

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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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp
  • Also known as: “Belsen”, “Bergen-Belsen”, “Bergen-Belsen concentration camp”, “Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen”, and “KZ Bergen-Belsen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Schloss Bredebeck.

Museum
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is a museum.

Castle
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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 between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Bergen-Belsen Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walle and Belsen.

Village
is a village and Ortschaft of the municipality of Winsen in Celle district, , on the in Germany. is situated 3 km southeast of Bergen-Belsen Memorial.

Village
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is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the in . The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. is situated 3½ km northeast of Bergen-Belsen Memorial.

Village
is a village administered by the town of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the in North . is situated 5 km east of Bergen-Belsen Memorial.

Bergen-Belsen Memorial

Latitude
52.76076° or 52° 45′ 39″ north
Longitude
9.91068° or 9° 54′ 39″ east
Open location code
9F4FQW66+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225024949
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Wiki­data ID
Q7332
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Bergen-Belsen Memorial” 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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