A sign at what was the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, Germany. After its liberation in April 1945 the camp was burnt to the ground to combat the spread of typhus.Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images
Prison camp’s fate: British to take charge
From David Woodward, Manchester Guardian war correspondent 14 April 1945
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