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Bergen‑Belsen concentration camp liberated by British forces

British troops liberated the Bergen‑Belsen concentration camp in Germany on April 15, finding thousands of unburied dead and tens of thousands of survivors in dire condition.

The liberation exposed the scale of Nazi atrocities to the world, shaping Allied public opinion and heightening international urgency over postwar justice and refugee relief that confronted the new Truman administration.

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