Nurses played a vital role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of great crisis, as was the case when Bergen-Belsen was liberated in 1945 at the end of World War II. That is the key finding of a historical research paper published in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
“Much has been written about the role of the armed forces and medical teams during this distressing time in our history, but the contribution of nurses is rarely mentioned when it comes to the liberation of this concentration camp” says Dr Jane Brooks from the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, part of the University of Manchester’s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work.
