Hugh M. Jenkins papers relating to post-liberation Bergen-Belsen [photocopies].

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Hugh M. Jenkins papers relating to post-liberation Bergen-Belsen [photocopies].

Contains a personal narrative by Hugh Jenkins describing his experiences in Bergen-Belsen and British Red Cross and British military documents relating to the camp after liberation. Also contains photocopies of two photographs depicting the buring of structures at Bergen-Belsen.

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Jenkins, Hugh M.

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Hugh Jenkins was a member of a team known as FRS 100, a unit of the Friends Relief Service (Quakers) near the end of World War II. He was among the first civilians to enter the camp after its liberation. He presently lives in Washington, D. C. From the description of Hugh M. Jenkins papers relating to post-liberation Bergen-Belsen [photocopies]. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122595728 ...

International Committee of the Red Cross

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Located in Central China. From the description of Records of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1937-1938, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702131710 ...

Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...