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Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2018: Personal accounts[edit]

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Letters by Muriel Knox Doherty, August-October 1945 (Royal Red Cross recipient, matron of nursing at Belsen after liberation), documents held by Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.18.13.17 (talk) 14:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 December 2018: Personal accounts[edit]

Please add a reference to Hetty Verholme, who was in the children's house with her two brothers. She has written a book called *The Children's House of Belsen*. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.244.90 (talk) 09:41, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

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The first two to reach the camp were a British special air service officer lieutenant John Randall, and his jeep driver officer Roy Wildish, who were Louglitt (talk) 18:25, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 19:59, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

IIRC, the two were members of the Phantom unit and whilst being the first to reach the camp they didn't liberate or occupy it. The actor David Niven was a member. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.241.96 (talk) 09:25, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

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Add the picture (File:The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 BU4026.jpg) to the Liberation section with the description "Women inmates gaze at the naked body of a child who has died of starvation.". 2406:3003:2004:6A0:A839:D085:2889:BF46 (talk) 08:39, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Done The liberation section looks pretty full of images so I added it to another section. Alduin2000 (talk) 01:41, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

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