An extraordinary find
An extraordinary recording was recently found of the survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp singing Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem, at the time that the camp was liberated. Some of the words are different to those sung today but are from the original Inbar poem. The narration is from a BBC broadcast in April 1945. The broadcast is available (MP3 format) from israelreporter.com here.
Due to the level of interest in this clip, the media team of israelreporter.com have produced an audio/video photo essay of Bergen Belsen, which includes over 40 pictures exclusively from Bergen Belsen and the now-famous mp3 audio clip of the survivors singing Hatikvah and another opening clip from a BBC reporter as he entered the hellish scenes of post-liberation Bergen Belsen. The approximately nine-minute, multimedia video essay can be viewed here. However, we caution that certain of the scenes are intensely graphic and brutal, and require parental discretion in viewing.
