Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Bergen

Name: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Address: Stiftung niedersachsische Gedenkstatten, Bergen, 29303, Germany
Telephone: +49 5051 4759200

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Bergen

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp stands as a somber testament to one of the darkest chapters in human history. Located near the city of Bergen in Germany, this Nazi concentration camp was established in 1943 and became a site of unimaginable suffering and death for tens of thousands of prisoners during World War II.

Today, Bergen-Belsen serves as a memorial and a place of reflection for visitors from around the world. The site includes the remnants of the camp, such as the mass graves and the House of Silence, designed for personal remembrance. A comprehensive Documentation Center provides historical context through exhibits detailing the camp's history, the conditions endured by the prisoners, and the liberation of the camp in April 1945 by British forces.

Visitors to Bergen-Belsen will find a solemn and respectful atmosphere intended to honor the memory of the victims. The memorial encourages education and contemplation, with guided tours often available to enhance the understanding of the camp's history and the atrocities committed there.

It is important for tourists to approach their visit with the gravity the site commands. Photography is permitted on the grounds, but guests are asked to act with the utmost respect, keeping in mind the suffering that occurred at this site.

Local name: KZ Bergen-Belsen Coordinates: 52°45'27"N, 9°54'42"E

Address

Stiftung niedersachsische GedenkstattenBergen 29303 Germany

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+49 5051 4759200

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Winsen Museum Farm, Sieben Steinhäuser, St. Lambert's Church, Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian.

5.4 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Winsen Museum Farm, Winsen an der Aller
137 min walk • The Winsen Museum Farm is an open-air museum in Winsen in the north German state of Lower Saxony. It was started in 1982 and comprises a typical farmyard from the southern Lüneburg Heath around which other buildings, characteristic of the region, are grouped.
5.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Sieben Steinhäuser, Bergen
144 min walk • The Sieben Steinhäuser is a group of five dolmens on the Lüneburg Heath in the NATO training area of Bergen-Hohne, in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The stones are considered to be part of the funnelbeaker culture. The gravesite was granted protected cultural monument status in 1923.
4.1 miNE
Church
St. Lambert's Church, Bergen
106 min walk • St. Lambert's Church is the Lutheran town church in the town of Bergen in Celle district in Germany. This Classicist aisleless church was built in 1826. It is a three-naved building with low ceilings over the galleries and was extended eastwards in 1900. The separately standing wooden clock tower dates from the year 1728.
5.4 miE
Church
Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian
138 min walk • The Church of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian in Sülze, Lower Saxony, Germany is a church of the Evangelical-Lutheran parish in the church district of Celle and in the Evangelical-Lutheran State Church of Hanover.
2.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Schloss Bredebeck
57 min walk • Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function.
5.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor
131 min walk • The Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor are a nature reserve and bird reserve of national importance on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The special importance of this nature reserve is underlined by its recognition as a major federal nature reserve project.
1.7 miNE
Village
Belsen
43 min walk • Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. The Belsen concentration camp was named after it.
5.2 miS
Church
Heilig Kreuz, Winsen an der Aller
132 min walk • Heilig Kreuz is the Catholic church in Winsen, a parish in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the parish of St. Guardian Angel, based in Hambühren, in the Celle deanery of the Hildesheim diocese.