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To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, BFBS Germany’s Dave Roberts and Misty McCready produced a unique documentary focusing on the young inmates. This programme includes interviews with survivors of the camp, poignant archive audio, and first-hand accounts written in 1945. “When we started researching the story of Bergen-Belsen we were shocked to discover that a high proportion of the camp's inmates had been children,” said Misty. “Hearing that many of these child-survivors had been made to feel that they weren't ‘true’ survivors – because of their age – seemed intolerable, and we couldn't ignore it. We were privileged to speak to four people who had suffered at the injustice of the Nazi regime, yet had taken positives away from what would have destroyed many of us.” Among the interviewees are survivors Rudi Oppenheimer and Miryam Sommerfeld. Bernard Levy, a British soldier who arrived approximately one week after the liberation, also shares his story.