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Triumph or disaster? After Daybreak brilliantly investigates the emergency operation following the British liberation of Belsen.'The things I saw completely defy description': when British troops entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, they uncovered scenes of horror and depravity that shocked the world. But they also confronted a terrible challenge – inside the camp were some 60,000 people, suffering from typhus, starvation and dysentery, who would die unless they received immediate medical attention.After Daybreak is the story of the men and women who faced that challenge –…
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4 editions- Ebook · English · 2009Random House Publishing Group · 9781409079644
- Paperback · English · 2006Pimlico · 272 pages · 9781844135400
- Hardcover · English · 2005Schocken · 288 pages · 9780805242324
- Other · English · 2005Jonathan Cape · 260 pages · 9780224073356
Concentration campsBergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)LiberationNonfictionWorld War, 1939-1945Medical careConcentration camp inmatesHistory





