THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 15
April 15 in history
What happened on April 15: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
15 Apr 1945 — British troops reach Bergen-Belsen and find about 60,000 starving prisoners among thousands of unburied dead. Liberation came too late to save another 13,000 to 14,000 people, who died in the following weeks. Nearby, the British opened Hohne, which became Germany’s largest Jewish displaced persons’ camp. Remember them.
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