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Holocaust survivor Gena Turgel, known as the ‘Bride of Belsen’ has died at the age of 95.

Ms Turgel was 16 when the Nazis invaded Poland and was taken to Krakow Ghetto with her family.

She survived the ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bergen Belsen and later married a British soldier who helped liberate Belsen camp.

Ms Turgel told the Jewish Chronicle: “I was in the gas chamber and I did not die.”

During her time at Bergen-Belsen, she worked at the hospital and nursed Anne Frank as she was dying of Typhus.

Ms Turgel told The Sun: “Her bed was around the corner from me. She was delirious, terrible burning up. I gave her cold water to wash her down.

“We did not know she was special, but she was a lovely girl.”

Ms Turgel was liberated from Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945.

She met Norman Turgel, a British soldier and married him six months later.

Her wedding dress was made from a British army parachute and is currently on display at the Imperial War Museum in London.

In 1987, Ms Turgel published ‘I light a candle,’ a memoir on her experiences.

Karen Pollock, chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust said: “Gena survived the Krakow Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen.”

“The Gina Turgel we knew was the most beautiful, elegant and poised lady. Her strength, determination and resilience were unwavering, her powerful and wise words an inspiration.

“We will continue to educate future generations in her name, ensuring her story and those of millions of others is never forgotten.”