In April 1945, the BBC’s Richard Dimbleby was the first reporter to enter the liberated Belsen concentration camp.
His report describing the unimaginable horror he discovered, was the first time many listeners had heard the bleak reality of what it was wish to have endured life and loss of life below the Nazis.
Around 70,000 folks died in the Bergen-Belsen camp.
The broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby advised Witness History how his father broke down recording the report and why the BBC had been at first reluctant to broadcast it.
Witness History: The tales of our occasions advised by the individuals who had been there.
For details about concentration camps and the Holocaust go to BBC Bitesize or the BBC Archive.
