{"id":1709,"date":"2016-10-31T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/?page_id=1709"},"modified":"2016-10-31T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:28:07","slug":"liberation-of-the-concentration-camps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/learning-pathways\/the-global-impact-of-world-war-ii\/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberation of the Concentration Camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Mass_grave_at_Bergen-Belsen.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/b0\/Mass_grave_at_Bergen-Belsen.jpg\/300px-Mass_grave_at_Bergen-Belsen.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">One of several mass graves on the former site of Bergen-Belsen. The sign simply reads: Here lie 5000 dead. April 1945.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> What were extermination camps, and how many people were killed in them?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> How did concentration camps differ from extermination camps?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> What impact did the liberation of Bergen-Belsen have on western public opinion?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/worldwars\/wwtwo\/liberation_camps_01.shtml\">Stephen Hart, &#8216;Liberation of the Concentration Camps&#8217;, BBC History, 17 February 2011.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShare your thoughts about this reading by posting a comment for your fellow students in WEnotes below.  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