Born at Biergen-Belsen: Displaced Persons Camp

Featured guest:
Alan Jablin
September 30, 2020

On April 15, 1945 Nazi Concentration Camp, Bergen-Belsen, was liberated by the British army. 50,000 people were murdered there. In entering the camp, the British Army discovered horrors beyond belief. 10,000 corpses lay on the ground. From the ashes of the dead, a displaced persons camp arose. The British called it, Hohney, but the former Jewish prisoners insisted on calling it Bergen-Belsen so the world wouldn’t forget.

The DP camp existed from 1945 to 1950. 2,000 babies were born there. They were known as “Belsen Babies.” They were born at the Glyn Hughes Hospital. It is very rare to meet one of the 2,000 “Belsen Babies,” who are now in their 70s. Today, we get the opportunity to meet a Belsen Baby; my good friend, Alan Jablin.

Alan Chaim Jablin is a retired attorney. He speaks to schools and groups about the Holocaust and his personal link. He is the founding president/board chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix.