Definition of Belsen

1. Noun. A Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II.

Generic synonyms: Concentration Camp, Stockade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belsen

Bellis perennis
Bellman-Ford algorithm
Belloc
Bellona
Bells
Belluno
Belmont
Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes
Belmopan
Belo Horizonte
Belonidae
Belorussia
Belorussian
Belostomatidae
Belsen (current term)
Belsey Mark IV operation
Belsey Mark IV procedure
Belsey Mark V procedure
Belshazzar
Beltane
Beltian body
Beltway
Beltway bandit
Beltway bandits
Beluga
Belugas
Belvoir
Belvoir Hunt
Belyando spew

Literary usage of Belsen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Eizenstat Report and Related Issues Concerning United States and Allied edited by James A. Leach (1999)
"But the persécutées had died in Bergen-Belsen or Auschwitz, or wherever, and they had left no heirs. So there were no claimants. ..."

2. The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood by Thomas Ellwood, Joseph Wyeth, Samuel Graveson (1906)
"From Edward Belsen, of Haddenham, Corn worth £2 us." GEORGE BOWLES. " Formerly of Giles Chalfont, Bucks, was convinced of the blessed Truth in London about ..."

3. Adventure Guide Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"Bergen Belsen • About 25 km (15 miles) north of Celle is the KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen (Concentration Camp Memorial), 29303 Berge, « 05051-6011, ..."

4. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis (2007)
"Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen by Michelle R. McCann and Luba ... nurse at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp who worked secretly and tirelessly to save ..."

5. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Now we had to face up to the newspaper pictures we saw after the British liberated Belsen, the Americans liberated Buchenwald, and the Russians liberated ..."

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