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Bergen-Belsen (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Belsen became severely overcrowded as the number of inmates increased from 15,000 in December 1944 to 42,000 at the beginning of March 1945, and more than 50,000 a month later. |
 | | Belsen was in the beginning bearable and we had bunks to sleep on, and a small ration of soup and bread. |
 | | The major reasons for the state of Belsen were disease, gross overcrowding by central authority, lack of law and order within the huts, and inadequate supplies of food, water and drugs. |
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