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there were women also on guard in belsen. volunteers who came of their own free will, to do their bit. not sickly pale with hollow faces and hungry eyes, but well-fed and well-kept with a strutting arrogance. the commandant of the camp josef kramer, was removed for trial as a war criminal by an allied military court. there was an urgent need to get rid of as many bodies as possible, as quickly as possible, so all the s.s. were set to work. 500 hungarian troops, captured with the s.s., were started on a grave-digging operation. the s.s. themselves were made to do the unpleasant job they had forced the inmates to do. this, after all, was nothing to these men. they, the "master race," had been taught to be hard. and it seemed to the british soldier fit and proper that the killers should bury the nameless, hopeless creatures they had starved to death. the faces of the bystanders showed just a little of the hate that germany has inspired-- and some of the anguish, too. (no audio) (no audio) (no audio) (no audio) (no audio) (no aud
there were women also on guard in belsen. volunteers who came of their own free will, to do their bit. not sickly pale with hollow faces and hungry eyes, but well-fed and well-kept with a strutting arrogance. the commandant of the camp josef kramer, was removed for trial as a war criminal by an allied military court. there was an urgent need to get rid of as many bodies as possible, as quickly as possible, so all the s.s. were set to work. 500 hungarian troops, captured with the s.s., were...
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on the wedding certificate her address was bergen-belsen camp. gina: i loved him. we were the most adorable couple, everybody said. >> in 1985 they went back to belsen. they were married for 50 years before norman died. gina is one of the few people left to remember the 20th century's darkest hour. ginny hill, bbc news. katty: one of america's most celebrated presidents died 150 years ago today after being shot at the theater in washington. a century half after his death his image has a remarkable appeal. the first u.s. president of the photographic euro. -- photographic era. we are looking at the 16th president in a whole new way. >> the ghostly face of abraham lincoln animated by technology. this is a digital scan of a life mask created two months before his assassination. one of the casts can be seen at the national portrait gallery. >> this is frequently confused as a death mask. he is exhausted. his eyes and cheeks are sunken in. it is the president in 1865. >> this is the closest we will get to seeing what the president actually looked like? >> yes. it create
on the wedding certificate her address was bergen-belsen camp. gina: i loved him. we were the most adorable couple, everybody said. >> in 1985 they went back to belsen. they were married for 50 years before norman died. gina is one of the few people left to remember the 20th century's darkest hour. ginny hill, bbc news. katty: one of america's most celebrated presidents died 150 years ago today after being shot at the theater in washington. a century half after his death his image has a...
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. >> sreenivasan: this past week was the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the bergen-belsen concentration camp in germany where an estimated 50,000 people died. among its victims: anne frank. to mark the anniversary i.t.v.'s neil connery caught up with one of her childhood friends, who was reunited with anne in the camp shortly before anne died. >> i was the last friend schoolmate of anne frack to see her. >> nanette konig will never forget the last time she saw anne frack amid the horror of the holocaust a bitter sweat reunion for two girls just 15. >> she was only a skeleton. there was nothing left of her nothing. i even wonder sometimes how could two skeletons have recognized one another. because both of us were just you know we were both starved to death. >> nanette watched anne receive the diary at a birthday party. she recalls anne determination in the camp that its story detailing her life in hiding from the nazis would live on. >> she told me that she had continued to write the book and that she would like to publish the book after the war. >> 70 years ago british troops helped to
. >> sreenivasan: this past week was the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the bergen-belsen concentration camp in germany where an estimated 50,000 people died. among its victims: anne frank. to mark the anniversary i.t.v.'s neil connery caught up with one of her childhood friends, who was reunited with anne in the camp shortly before anne died. >> i was the last friend schoolmate of anne frack to see her. >> nanette konig will never forget the last time she saw anne...
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finally a jewish girl from amsterdam, who is freed from the bergen-belsen concentration camp in the january 1945 trade, the same trade that ingrid was on provided the seminal lesson for me about how we might deal with people in times of war. all of us remember this. enemies are people whose stories you have not yet heard and whose faces you have never seen. my gratitude goes to the characters in my book. but after 72 years, having the courage to tell their story and show their faces. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> okay, i am sure that we have some questions and comments, just make sure that i get to you with a microphone before you start asking and hold your hand up until i'm in front of your. does anyone have a question? >> it sounds like the people returned to germany and japan did they volunteer to do that in any way or how did that come about reign. >> it is not a simple question but they were all voluntary. the fact is that the enemy felt that they had no choice but to go back to germany and build a life because the course of their internment includes that they had no id
finally a jewish girl from amsterdam, who is freed from the bergen-belsen concentration camp in the january 1945 trade, the same trade that ingrid was on provided the seminal lesson for me about how we might deal with people in times of war. all of us remember this. enemies are people whose stories you have not yet heard and whose faces you have never seen. my gratitude goes to the characters in my book. but after 72 years, having the courage to tell their story and show their faces. thank you...
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the president informed those at the ceremony to honor the memory of the bergen-belsen victims. >> translator: 70 years is almost a whole life span. that's how long it's been. today and in the future these images continue to make the world think for our children and prompt us to ask why and make us sad and angry. >>> two people have been killed in berundi after police opened fire on demonstrators. hundreds are protesting against the president's decision to seek a third team in office in defiance of a two-term limit. his supporters say he's eligible for another team since he was chosen by the government rather than the public. we have the latest from the capital. >> reporter: the protests started at sunrise this morning. crowds of protesters gathered in suburbs. police were deployed and protesters started cheering and chanting and police fired tear gas. we were in a suburb for a couple hours. as the process was dispersed, each time they came back in larger and larger number. they are starting to have roadblocks and rubbish. the police managed to each the upper hand using tear gas in other plac
the president informed those at the ceremony to honor the memory of the bergen-belsen victims. >> translator: 70 years is almost a whole life span. that's how long it's been. today and in the future these images continue to make the world think for our children and prompt us to ask why and make us sad and angry. >>> two people have been killed in berundi after police opened fire on demonstrators. hundreds are protesting against the president's decision to seek a third team in...
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finally a jewish girl from amsterdam, who is freed from the bergen-belsen concentration camp in the january 1945 trade, the same trade that ingrid was on provided the seminal lesson for me about how we might deal with people in times of war. all of us remember this. enemies are people whose stories you have not yet heard and whose faces you have never seen. my gratitude goes to the characters in my book. but after 72 years, having the courage to tell their story and show their faces. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> okay, i am sure that we have some questions and comments, just make sure that i get to you with a microphone before you start asking and hold your hand up until i'm in front of your. does anyone have a question? >> it sounds like the people returned to germany and japan did they volunteer to do that in any way or how did that come about reign. >> it is not a simple question but they were all voluntary. the fact is that the enemy felt that they had no choice but to go back to germany and build a life because the course of their internment includes that they had no id
finally a jewish girl from amsterdam, who is freed from the bergen-belsen concentration camp in the january 1945 trade, the same trade that ingrid was on provided the seminal lesson for me about how we might deal with people in times of war. all of us remember this. enemies are people whose stories you have not yet heard and whose faces you have never seen. my gratitude goes to the characters in my book. but after 72 years, having the courage to tell their story and show their faces. thank you...