The Relief of Belsen

The Relief of Belsen
5.5

The Relief of Belsen

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Directed by: Justin Hardy

Overview

In early April 1945 a small British ambulance unit was diverted from frontline battle in northern Germany, to handle an unfolding medical crisis behind enemy lines. A local prison camp had suffered an outbreak of typhus. That prison camp was Bergen-Belsen. The British had no idea of the true scale of this humanitarian catastrophe nor of what it would come to represent.

Review (1)

  • Peter McGinn (Rated: 7)

    Sometimes it seems like 10% of all movies made these days concern World War II, and I am so over battle scenes. But this movie dates from 2007 and involves behind the scenes drama, so I gave it a try.

    As often happens, they mix actual footage and pictures with the fictional scenes involving acto...

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