Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.
For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Step-by-step guidance using the Germany system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).
Photo by Axel Hindemith via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Bärbel Miemietz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Bärbel Miemietz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Bärbel Miemietz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Bärbel Miemietz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Photo by Mechanical via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Hajotthu 16:06, 13. Okt. 2008 (CEST) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Agp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Background
Bergen-Belsen (pronounced [ˈbɛʁɡn̩ˌbɛlsn̩]), or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp. Initially this was an "exchange camp", where Jewish hostages were held with the intention of exchanging them for German prisoners of war held overseas. The camp was later expanded to hold Jews from other concentration camps. After 1945, the name was applied to the displaced persons camp established nearby, but it is most commonly associated with the concentration camp.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
—
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
—
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
SS-Totenkopfverbände
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
—
Security level
—
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
24%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.