Official French Photograph: "The Lives of the Prisoners in Belsen Concentration Camp"

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Object ID

2012.1.177

Object Name

Print, Photographic

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Description

Black and white photograph of prisoners at Bergen-Belsen in a muddy area. Includes text, "6.-- La vie des prisonnières au camp de concentration de Belsen."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

British Army of the Rhine (British Occupation Force). A note of appreciation addressed to Mrs. Sabatchnick of Montreal, Canada, on December 3, 1946, thanking her for her relief parcel “on behalf of the recipients” in the Bergen-Belsen DP camp. She continues, “We are very much in need of this food, and it is being distributed immediately to people who have just been released from hospital, etc.”

Dimensions

6 1/2 x 9''

Keywords

Republic Francais Ministere de L'information, Displaced Persons Camp, Bergen-Belsen

Subcollection

Bergen Belsen

Recommended Citation

"Official French Photograph: "The Lives of the Prisoners in Belsen Concentration Camp"" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.177.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/859

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