Photographs and Documents

Photographs of Liberation at Bergen Belsen
•  A view of the camp after liberation, Bergen Belsen
•  Female survivors holding bread after liberation, Bergen Belsen
•  A female survivor after liberation, Bergen Belsen, April 1945
•  Two survivors after liberation, Bergen Belsen, April 1945
•  Female survivors after liberation, Bergen Belsen
•  A woman with children after liberation, Bergen Belsen
•  British soldiers and Red Cross nurses after liberation, Bergen Belsen
•  Camp survivors receiving clothing, Bergen Belsen
•  Kitchen B after liberation, Bergen Belsen

Photographs from the Destruction of Bergen Belsen
•  The British Army burning barracks, Bergen Belsen, April 1945
•  The British Army burning barracks, Bergen Belsen
•  Survivors and liberators watching the camp burning, Bergen Belsen
•  British soldiers watching the camp burning, Bergen Belsen
•  Commemorative sign at the entrance to the camp, Bergen Belsen

Documents from Daily Life in the Bergen Belsen DP Camp
•  An editorial from a 1946 edition of "Unzer Sztyme"
•  Front cover of "Unzer Sztyme" Number 3
•  Front cover of "Unzer Sztyme" Number 8
•  Front cover of "Unzer Sztyme" Number 14

Photographs of Life in the Bergen Belsen DP Camp
•  The "Hatikvah" sports team in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  A lesson at the DP camp elementary school, Bergen Belsen
•  The end of the year at the school, Bergen Belsen
•  An orphanage at the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  Girls with a British soldier in a children's home in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  An exhibit by the ORT school in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  A scene from the play "The Redeemer," performed by a theater group in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  Jewish newspapers in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  A rally of survivors in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen

Wedding Invitations and Documents from Bergen Belsen DP Camp
•  Invitation to Devorah and Yakov's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (Hebrew original)
•  Invitation to Devorah and Yakov's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (English translation)
•  Invitation to Fryda and Zygmunt's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (German and Yiddish original)
•  Invitation to Fryda and Zygmunt's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (English translation)
•  Invitation to Golda and Menashe's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (Hebrew original)
•  Invitation to Golda and Menashe's wedding, Bergen Belsen, 1948 (English translation)
•  Ketubbah (Jewish marriage contract), Bergen Belsen, 1946 (Hebrew original)
•  Ketubbah (Jewish marriage contract), Bergen Belsen (English original)
•  Jewish marriage license, Central Jewish Committee, Bergen Belsen (English original)

Photographs of Weddings at Bergen Belsen
• The first wedding at Bergen Belsen
• A wedding at the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
• The wedding of a British soldier and a former inmate, Bergen Belsen

Photographs of Babies and Children at Bergen Belsen
•  The first twins born in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen
•  Celebration of the birth of the thousandth baby born in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen, January 1948
•  A kindergarten in the DP camp, Bergen Belsen

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