Nazi camp horrors revealed in archives

TALES of 'rampant' cannibalism in a German concentration camp and torture at the hands of the Gestapo are among scores of tales of harrowing brutality recounted by victims of Nazi persecution as they fought to get compensation for their suffering.
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Mar 2016, 10:07 BST
Updated 31st Mar 2016, 10:12 BST
Nazi camp horrors have been revealed in archives. Picture: PANazi camp horrors have been revealed in archives. Picture: PA
Nazi camp horrors have been revealed in archives. Picture: PA

Detailed applications for financial assistance made in the 1960s by UK victims of Nazi persecution and their families have been released by the National Archives for the first time.

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In 1964 the Federal Republic of Germany agreed to pay the British government £1 million - about £17m in today’s money - to those who had suffered, or their dependants.

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A copy of an application for financial assistance made in the 1960s by Harold Le Druillenec for the persecution he endured at the hands of the Nazi's and which has been released by the National Archives for the first time. Picture: PAA copy of an application for financial assistance made in the 1960s by Harold Le Druillenec for the persecution he endured at the hands of the Nazi's and which has been released by the National Archives for the first time. Picture: PA
A copy of an application for financial assistance made in the 1960s by Harold Le Druillenec for the persecution he endured at the hands of the Nazi's and which has been released by the National Archives for the first time. Picture: PA

More than 4,000 people applied and 1,015 awards of compensation were made by the Foreign Office. For many, filling in the applications marked the first time they had confronted the horrors of their past.

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