1. Her Concentration Camp Was Liberated Only Weeks After Her Death
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was located in what is now Saxony in Northern Germany. On April 15th, 1945, British forces liberated the camp. They found 60,000 prisoners inside, many of who were extremely malnourished and ill. They found an additional 13,000 unburied corpses which likely included the bodies of Anne and Margot, who died only weeks before the British arrived. The horrors found by the British led to the name “Belsen” being a symbol of German atrocities.
Where did we find this stuff? Here are our sources:
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“Anne Frank Facts” Staff Writer, FactSlides. N.d.
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