Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Nazi concentration camp
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Summary
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is a Nazi concentration camp[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of nazi concentration camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,065 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Celle[3]
- Country: Germany[4]
- Instance of: concentration camp[5]
- Operator: SS-Totenkopfverbände[6]
- Location: Bergen[7], Lower Saxony[8]
- Child organization or unit: Hambühren concentration camp[9], Unterlüß concentration camp[10], Bomlitz concentration camp[11]
- Commons category: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp[12]
- Catalog code: camps/42[13]
- Coordinate location: 52.758899, 9.907099[14]
- Parent organization or unit: Schutzstaffel[15]
- Official website: https://bergen-belsen.stiftung-ng.de/en/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bergen-Belsen concentration camp[17]
- Director / manager: Josef Kramer[18]
- Number of deaths: 70,000[19]
- Category for people who died here: Category:People who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp[20]
- Date of official opening: April 1943[21]
- Native label: Bergen-Belsen[22]
- Exact match: https://data.niod.nl/WO2_Thesaurus/kampen/3654[23]
- P14536: 432762[24]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Bergen-Belsen concentration camp include Belsen Trial[25], a trial[26], in Allied-occupied Germany[27].
Why It Matters
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for it include Belsen Trial[25], a trial[26], in Allied-occupied Germany[27].