Another important anniversary to mark today: On 15th April 1945, the 11th Armoured Division of the British Army entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and found 55,000 surviving prisoners, about half Jewish, others political prisoners, Romanis, homosexuals and anybody else the Nazis deemed 'undesirable'. Many were barely alive. Around 35,000 had died before liberation in the most appalling inhumane circumstances. After liberation, a further 13,000/15,000 died due to malnutrition and disease. No wonder survivors and liberators alike described Bergen-Belsen as an actual hell on earth. The survivors were, of course, marred for life. But to a lesser degree so were the liberators after what they saw.