Queen's Germany Trip Will Include Tour of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

During her trip to the concentration and prisoner of war camps,
the Queen will lay a wreath at a memorial dedicated to Anne Frank.

THE GUARDIAN: British monarch to visit site, liberated by British troops 70 years ago, as part of four-day trip which will also involve a meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel

The Queen will visit the site of the Bergen-Belsen prisoner of war and concentration camps during her state visit to Germany, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The camps were liberated 70 years ago by British troops and the Queen will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh during her tour of the site, now a memorial to those who died at the hands of the Nazis. It will be a personal and reflective visit for the monarch and will be kept low-key.

British troops arrived at the site in northern Germany on 15 April, 1945 to find thousands of unburied bodies and severely ill prisoners who had been interned there.

Tens of thousands of prisoners from across Europe were killed at Bergen-Belsen or died following is liberation as a result of their treatment. » | Press Association | Sunday, May 17, 2015

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