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Bergen-Belsen 1945: A Medical Student's Journal, 1st Edition

  • Published By: Imperial College Press
  • ISBN-10: 1783263210
  • ISBN-13: 9781783263219
  • DDC: 940.531809
  • Grade Level Range: College Freshman - College Senior
  • 116 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2013 | Published/Released December 2014
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2013

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Overview

Between 1941 and 1945 as many as 70,000 inmates died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northwestern Germany. The exact number will never be known. A large number of these deaths were caused by malnutrition and disease, mainly typhus, shortly before and after liberation. It was at this time, in April of 1945, that Michael Hargrave answered a notice at the Westminster Hospital Medical School for ‘volunteers’. On the day of his departure the 21-year-old learned that he was being sent to Bergen-Belsen, liberated only two weeks before. This firsthand account, a diary written for his mother, details Michaels month-long experience at the camp. He compassionately relates the horrendous living conditions suffered by the prisoners, describing the sickness and disease he encountered and his desperate, often fruitless, struggle to save as many lives as possible. Amidst immeasurable horrors, his descriptions of the banalities of everyday life and diagrams of the camps layout take on a new poignancy, while anatomic line drawings detail the medical conditions and his efforts to treat them. Original newspaper cuttings and photographs of the camp, many previously unpublished, add a further layer of texture to the endeavors of an inexperienced medical student faced with extreme human suffering.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Foreword.
Amnesty International UK.
Rotary and Polio.
Dr Michael John Hargrave LRCP. MRCS. MRCGP..
Diseases at Bergen-Belsen.
Acknowledgements.
Other Frontmatter.
1: Saturday April 28th..
2: Sunday April 29th..
3: Monday April 30th..
4: Tuesday May 1st..
5: Wednesday May 2nd..
6: Thursday May 3rd..
7: Friday May 4th..
8: Saturday May 5th..
9: Sunday May 6th..
10: Monday May 7th..
11: Tuesday May 8th..
12: Wednesday May 9th..
13: Thursday May 10th..
14: Friday May 11th..
15: Saturday May 12th..
16: Sunday May 13th..
17: Monday May 14th..
18: Tuesday May 15th..
19: Wednesday May 16th..
20: Thursday May 17th..
21: Friday May 18th..
22: Saturday May 19th..
23: Sunday May 20th..
24: Monday May 21st..
25: Tuesday May 22nd..
26: Wednesday May 23rd..
27: Thursday May 24th..
28: Friday May 25th..
29: Saturday May 26th..
30: Sunday May 27th..
31: Monday May 28th..
32: Primay Documents.
Glossary.