| Year |
Month |
Date |
Timeline |
| 1946 |
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| Jan |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 9000. |
| Mar |
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British transfer administration of Bergen-Hohne to UNRRA. |
| Apr |
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| 15 |
Unveiling of the Jewish memorial. |
| Jun |
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British announce no further registration of new DP's after 01 July 1946 in the British Zone. |
| Soviet memorial erected at the cemetery for prisoners of war at Hörsten. |
| 16 |
2nd Belsen trial begins at 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg and Celle. |
| 30 |
2nd Belsen trial ends. Walter Konrad Quakernack, Kasimir Cegielski, Karl Reddehase and Heinz Lüder Heidemann sentenced to death. |
| Aug |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 11139. |
| An estimated 1064 DP's arrive in Bergen-Belsen DP Camp as part of 'Operation Swallow' |
| Oct |
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| 11 |
Death sentence carried at Hameln Prison on Walter Konrad Quakernack, Kasimir Cegielski, Karl Reddehase and Heinz Lüder Heidemann |
| Nov |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 10600 includes 7000 from Poland, 1400 from Romania and 1100 from Hungary. |
| 1947 |
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Erection begins of the Obelisk and the Wall of Inscriptions by orders of the British military government |
| Feb |
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British government hands the mandate to Palestine over to the United Nations. |
| Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 10867. |
| 2 |
Hamburg Allgemein Zeitung headlines 'Bergen-Belsen, Centre of Black Market' |
| Apr |
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| |
210 pregnant women live in Bergen-Hohne |
| 615 children under the age of 6 live in Bergen-Hohne |
| 1 |
As part of 'Operation Grand National' the first group of 395 people from Belsen leave Borcholt transit camp en route to Palestine |
| Aug |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 8810. |
| Dec |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 7877. |
| 1948 |
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| Feb |
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British Inteligence intercept a truck carry a large quantity of contraband cigarettes destined for Bergen-Hohne. The German driver states that he has made three previous deliveries totalling 13 million cigarettes in all. Consequently the British raid Bergen-Hohne DP camp but find little evidence of black market activity. |
| Mar |
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| 22 |
The Star claims that Bergen-Hohne DP camp is the centre of large scale racketeering in Germany and a junction in the underground trading route to Palestine. |
| Apr |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 8124. |
| 16 |
3rd Belsen Trial begins at Hamburg. |
| May |
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| 14 |
Israel declares independence. |
| Oct |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 6870. |
| 1949 |
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| Mar |
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Official total of Jewish DP's in Bergen-Hohne stands at 4679. |
| 1950 |
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| April |
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The 'Wohnlager' (Neu Hohne) population stands at 280 |
| Sep |
6 |
Last remaining former internees at Bergen-Hohne DP camp leave. |
| 1951 |
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| Aug |
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Last remaining DP's leave Bergen-Hohne. |
| 1952 |
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Responsibility for the Bergen-Belsen Memorial is handed over to Land Niedersachsen. |
| 1953 |
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| Oct |
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The 'Wohnlager' (Neu Hohne) is finally vacated and the remaining buildings are either demolished or transported elswhere. |
| 1966 |
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Document Centre opens |
| 1973 |
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| Nov |
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| 24 |
Brigadier Hugh Llewelyn Glyn-Hughes C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. dies in his sleep. |
| 1990 |
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| Apr |
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Document Centre extended. |
| 2000 |
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| Apr |
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Haus Der Stille (House of Silence) opens. |
| 2007 |
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| Apr |
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Clearing of undergrowth begins as part of the Gedenkstätte redesign. |
| Oct |
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| 28 |
New Document Centre opens. |
| 2015 |
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Apr |
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Dutch researchers claim to have found an additional mass grave at Belsen |