Memorial services were held today at the site of the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp commemorating the 16th year of the liberation of the camp by Allied forces. The ceremonies were attended by Government officials of Lower Saxony, political leaders, clergymen and representatives of various Jewish communities. Several hundred youths came to the Bergen-Belsen site in honor of Anne Frank, who died at the camp.
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