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Bergen-belsen Camp Closed in British Zone of Germany; Nazis Murdered 30,000 Jews Three

July 12, 1950
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The Bergen-Belsen camp here was closed yesterday and turned over to the British Army.

During the Nazi regime some 30,000 Jews were murdered at the infamous concentration camp. After the war, the British used the camp for displaced Jews. Later, the International Roefugee Organization took over its administration. It was estimated that some 100,000 Jews were processed at the Bolsen camp prior to emigration between 1945 and the present.

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