List Of London Medical Students Who Assisted At Belsen
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This is a list of London medical students who assisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation at the end of the
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. There were 96 in total. Most of the students were in their penultimate year of medical education and were recruited from nine medical schools in London. They were a feature of a BBC Open Space programme in 1984.


Guy's Hospital


King's College Hospital


Middlesex Hospital

Colonel E.E. Vella reported that there were eight students from
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St Bartholomew's Hospital

In 1981, in parliament,
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calculated that nine students volunteered from
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St Mary's Hospital

Students from St Mary's Hospital Medical School included:


St Thomas' Hospital

Twelve students went from St Thomas' Medical School. included:


The London Hospital

One account states there were twelve students from the
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University College London

Those from
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included:


Westminster Hospital

Westminster Hospital Medical School's tercentenary booklet states that they sent eleven students,


See also

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