75 years on: Richard Dimbleby’s BBC report on the liberation of Belsen concentration camp

75 years ago the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first broadcaster to report from the liberation of Belsen concentration camp by the British Second Army on April 15th, 1945. His 10 minute radio report is an extraordinary historic act of journalism as witnessing. It was actually broadcast a few days after the event, apparently because … Continue reading 75 years on: Richard Dimbleby’s BBC report on the liberation of Belsen concentration camp