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Throughthegatesofhell:HorrorofBelseniscapturedinnever
beforeseenphotostakenbyBritishtroopsastheyliberated
infamousdeathcamp70yearsago
BritishReverendCharlesMartinKingParsonswasoneofahandfulofchaplainstoenterBergenBelsencamp
Capturedtheseimages,butnevertoldfamilyaboutthemuntiltheywerediscoveredbygrandsonTomMarshall
MrMarshallsaidheisproudofhisgrandfatherformakingsurefuturegenerationcanneverforgetwhathappened
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Afteryearsofsufferingbehinditsbarbedwirefences,watchingthosetheylovedwasteawaybeforetheireyeswhileNaziguardssystematically
slaughteredthembythetensofthousandsthisisthemomenttheinmatesofBergenBelsenwatchedasthedeathcampwasburnedtotheground.
Steepedinhumanmisery,thesehutsoncecontainedthebodiesofthousandsofJews,Gypsies,homosexuals,Naziopponentsandthedisabled,sentto
aninhumandeathbyAdolfHitlerandhisdementedregime.DiaristAnneFrank,andhersisterMargot,alsodiedhere.
ShortlyafterthecampwasliberatedbyBritishandCanadiantroopsin1945,itwastorched,andatleastpartofthatsufferingwasdestroyedforeveras
thebuildings,alongwiththeReichskriegsflagandHitlerportraitwhichadornedthem,wereconsumedbyflames.
Thesehellishimages,whichweretakenbyBritishReverendCharlesMartinKingParsons,capturedthatpoignantmomentinhistoryforfuture
generationstoremember.
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Infamous:ThisistheBergenBelsenconcentrationcampinGermanyasitappearedinthedaysafteritwasliberatedbyBritishand
Canadiantroops,adornedwiththeGermanReichskriegsflag(left)andaportraitofHitler(right)
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Historic:Asacrowdofpeoplewatchon,Britishtroopsburnthebuildingstotheground.Theseneverbeforeseenimageswerecaptured
byReverendCharlesMartinKingParsons,whowasoneofahandfulofchaplainswhohelpedliberateit
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Upinsmoke:Thecamp,whichbecamethefinalrestingplaceof50,000Jews,Gypsies,homosexuals,Naziopponentsandthosewith
disabilities,isburnedtothegroundafterliberationin1945
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Gone,butnotforgotten:TheimageswereuncoveredbyTomMarshall,thegreatgrandsonofMrParsons,whosaidheisproudthathis
greatgrandfatherwasbraveenoughtotakethepictures,sofuturegenerationsdonotforgetwhathappened
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Sendoff:Indramaticscenessoldierslineupinfrontofastageasthecampistorched,bringingtoanendthesufferinginside
MrParsons,orginallyfromLeicestershire,wasoneofjustahandfulofBritishArmychaplainswhomadeitinsidethecamp,andwhosejobitwouldhave
beentohelpcurethesick,andofferlastcomfortstothosewhowerebeyondsaving.
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WhentheAlliedtroopsarrivedatBergenBelsen,itwasinthegripofaterribletyphusoutbreak,with
prisonersdyingatarateof500aday.
AsombresignerectedbytheBritishArmy,andphotographedbyMrParsons,documentsatleast
partofthatgrislydeathtool,revealingthat13,000peopleperishedevenaftertroopscametotheir
aid.
Inotherimageshedocumentspitsfilledwiththeemaciatedcorpsesofthedead,andcramped
buildingsfilledwiththetyphusriddenbodiesofthosewhowerestillalive.
TheimageswerebroughttolightbyMrParsons'greatgrandsonTomMarshall,27,whodecidedto
publishthepicturesafterfindingthemtuckedinsideanoldboxamonghisgrandmother's
possessions.
MrMarshall,aphotorestorerwholivesinGlasgow,said:'Ioftencomeacrossveryinteresting
historicalphotographsshowingstoriesthatimpelmetodigdeeperandfindoutasmuchasIcan
aboutthepeopleinthepictures,andwhattheydidwiththeirlives.
'Ineverknewhim,butmygrandmothersaidhenevertalkedabouthistimeinthewar.Ididn'tknow
why,butnowIunderstand.
'Wehadnoideahehadtakenthesepictures,andIfeelnowistherighttimetosharethem.Words
struggletodescribetheunbridledhorrorwithin.'
CharlesservedintheRoyalFlyingCorpsduringtheFirstWorldWar,andbecausehewasaged39
whentheSecondWorldWarbrokeout,heinitiallyjoinedtheHomeGuard.Howeverhetransferred
totheregularArmy,andwaseventuallysenttoGermany.
CharleswasoneofahandfulofBritishArmychaplainswhoenteredthecampinthedaysfollowing
liberation.ThepicturesshowthetemporarysignerectedbytheBritishshortlyafterthecampwas
liberated,revealingjustpartofthegrimdeathtoll.
Duringthecourseofthewar,BergenBelsenbecamethefinalrestingplaceforover50,000Jews,
Poles,Soviets,opponentsoftheNazis,homosexuals,andGypsies.
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ANNEFRANK:JUSTONEOF
BERGENBELSEN'S50,000VICTIMS
AnneFrank,whose
diariesof
persecutionatthe
handsoftheNazis
becamethedefining
accountofthe
Holocaust,wasjust
oneofBergen
Belsen'smany
victims.
Frankwaslivingin
theNetherlands
whentheNazisseizeditin1940,leaving
themtrapped.
In1942theywereforcedintohidingin
secretroomshiddeninsideOttoFrank's
officebuilding.
Theyspenttwoyearsthere,butwere
anonymouslybetrayedandsenttothe
concentrationcamps.
Anne,andhersisterMargot,weretakento
BergenBelsen,wheretheydiedoftyphus
inFebruary1945,justmonthsbeforethe
Alliesliberatedit.
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Chilling:ThistemporarysignwaserectedbyBritishtroops,detailingjustaportionofthegrislydeathtotal,whicheventuallyreached
50,000
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Sickening:Insideoneofthecamphut,thesickandthedyinghuddleonthefloorintheappallingconditionstheirNazicaptorsleftthemin
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Clingingon:SurvivorshuddleinsidetentsinthewastelandinthecentreoftheBergenBelsencamp,wherediaristAnneFrankalsodied
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Horrific:Around500peopleweredyingperdayoftyphusandstarvationwhentheAlliesarrived.Thenumberofbodieswassogreatthat
theNazicaptorshadgivenupburyingthem,andhadsimplydumpedmanyinthewoods
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MrMarshalladded:'PerhapsthemostdiscussedJewishvictimoftheHolocaustAnneFrankdiedinBelsenshortlybeforetheliberation,probablyof
typhuswhichwasrifeamongthedying.
'Whenmygreatgrandfatherarrivedatthecamptherewerenearly500peopledyingeachday,fromtheappallingconditionsandthetyphusoutbreak.
'Alongwiththeotherchaplains,medicalstaffandmedicalvolunteers,hesavedmanylivesandgavebothspiritualandmedicalsupporttothesurvivors.
'TheywerealltrueheroesI'msoproudhedocumentedwhathesaw,becauseit'simportantforfuturegenerationsnottoforget.'
Afterthewar,Charlesreturnedtohisworkasavicar,andraisedtwochildren,Tom'sgrandmotherRuthandsisterJoanbeforedyingaged54,in1953.
MrMarshallsaid:'Ineverknewhimashedied35yearsbeforeIwasbornbutIdoknowhewasabravemanwhosavedmanylives.
'Ihavealsocometolearnhowimportantthenonmilitarymembersoftheforceswere,andstillare,providingessentialsupportandcareattimesof
need.I'mveryproudofmygreatgrandfatherandIknowthatyoudon'thavetobeasoldiertofightawar.'
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Slaughter:Moreemaciatedbodiesarepiledinoneofthemanyshallowgravesthatsurroundedthecamp,locatedinnorthernGermany
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MrParsons(left)tookthepicturesfollowingthecamp'sliberationafterhewentinsidewithotherBritishtroopstotendtothesick.When
thecampwasdiscovered,upto500peopleadayweredyingtherefromtyphus
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Burial:BritishsoldiersandGermanlocalshelpedtoburythedeadinthedaysafterthecampwasliberatedfromtheNazis70yearsago
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