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“Belsenitis”: Liberating Belsen, Its Hospitals, UNRRA, and Selection for Re-emigration, 1945–1948

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2006

Paul Weindling
Paul Weindling
Affiliation:
Department of History, Oxford Brookes University
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Abstract

Argument

The liberation of the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen has remained controversial with opinion divided over whether the British military and subsequently the British zonal administration responded adequately to the plight of survivors. This paper reconsiders the evidence on health conditions at Bergen-Belsen. At first the British underestimated the incidence of typhus and the delay in taking effective measures caused the death rate to remain high. In the longer term, measures for psychotic, old, and infirm DPs were inadequate as criteria that favored the fit and able-bodied were applied when selecting migrants.

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Science in Context , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 401 - 418
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2006 Cambridge University Press

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