Jewish prisoners of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, on a transport to Theresienstadt north of Prague, moments after they were liberated by the US forces on April 1945. [1920 x 2304]
Major Clarence L. Benjamin in a jeep was leading a small task force of two light tanks on a routine job of patrolling. The unit came upon some 200 shabby looking civilians by the side of the road. There was something immediately apparent about each one of these people, men and women, which arrested the attention. Each one of them was skeleton thin with starvation, a sickness in their faces and the way in which they stood-and there was something else. At the sight of Americans they began laughing in joy-if it could be called laughing. It was an outpouring of pure, near-hysterical relief.
What's freaking scary about this for me is how recent history this is. I remember 80's like it was not so long ago - this is just twice the time. You can still meet people who lived through this or have stories about this from their families.
![image showing Jewish prisoners of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, on a transport to Theresienstadt north of Prague, moments after they were liberated by the US forces on April 1945. [1920 x 2304]](1bab2a8f-aa83-56ad-b72b-1361cf0643c8.jpg)
arb7721 on September 26th, 2017 at 04:06 UTC »
bonus pictures plus the story
Zalaam on September 26th, 2017 at 05:18 UTC »
Isn’t Bergen-Belsen where Anne frank died?
d32 on September 26th, 2017 at 06:44 UTC »
What's freaking scary about this for me is how recent history this is. I remember 80's like it was not so long ago - this is just twice the time. You can still meet people who lived through this or have stories about this from their families.