The Relief of Belsen
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In early April 1945, a small British ambulance unit was redirected from frontline combat in northern Germany to address a developing medical emergency behind enemy lines. A typhus outbreak had occurred at a local prison camp, which was Bergen-Belsen. At the time, the British were unaware of the full extent of the humanitarian disaster or of the historical significance the site would later hold.
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Edited by Mark GravilShot by Douglas HartingtonScored by Richard Blair OliphantDesigned by James Lewis
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19 unique people credited
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Iain Glen
as James Johnston
Nigel Lindsay
as Mervyn Gonin
Jemma Redgrave
as Jean McFarlane
Corin Redgrave
as Glyn Hughes
Tobias Menzies
as Derrick Sington
Oliver Ford Davies
as Martin Lipscomb
Iddo Goldberg
as Emmanuel Fisher
Paul Hilton
as Leslie Hardman
Frog Stone
as Hadassah Bimko
Simon Paisley Day
as Major Stadler
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