Book review: Bergen-Belsen 1945: a medical student’s journal
Mayhew, A.
(2 April 2015)
Book review: Bergen-Belsen 1945: a medical student’s journal.
LSE Review of Books.
(2 April 2015)
Book review: Bergen-Belsen 1945: a medical student’s journal.
LSE Review of Books.
Twenty-one year old-old medical student, Michael Hargrave, was sent to Bergen-Belsen in 1945, only two weeks after it was liberated. This firsthand account, details Michael’s month-long experience at the camp. He 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. Alex Mayhew reviews.