Belsen

On Sunday, to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belsen, more than a thousand survivors and families will attending commemoration events at the camp.

"Three weeks after Varsity, Belsen concentration camp was liberated. Two weeks after, Hitler killed himself, and a week after that Germany capitulated – it's probably hardly talked about because events overtook themselves."

Mr Turski's father and brother were killed in the gas chambers, while his mother was sent to work at the Bergen Belsen camp in northern Germany.

It was published after her death at Bergen Belsen camp aged 15.

The newsreels of the liberation of Belsen horrified her.