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The Bergen-Belsen former concentration camp is burned to the ground by British soldiers to prevent the spread of typhus. Germany, May 21, 1945.

The Bergen-Belsen former concentration camp is burned to the ground by British soldiers to prevent the spread of typhus. Germany, May 21, 1945.

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