Liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

1.After dressing in clean clothes, a woman inmate is dusted with DDT powder to kill the lice which spread typhus. The dusting is done by other former camp inmates (many of whom were trained nurses before being interned) under the supervision of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

2.For the first time in four years, a young Czech girl and former camp inmate is able to read a newspaper while recovering in the hospital set up in Hohne Military Barracks nearby.

3.A woman inmate combs her hair while lying in bed in one of the wards at the hospital set up in Hohne Military Barracks nearby. Her child sleeps beside her with a toy on her pillow provided by the British Red Cross.

4.Miss V Dantell, an UNRRA relief worker, helps former camp inmate, Livia Crammer from Budapest find a suitable pair of shoes. After being bare-footed for years, inmates often found the shape of their feet had changed and struggled to find comfortable shoes.

5.Women inmates use a Mobile Bath Unit which is equipped with hot water.