Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney (11 April 1920 – 7 March 2016) was a British soldier who was one of the first British officers at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.[1][2][3] He also testified in the Belsen trial.[4]
Leonard Berney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 April 1920 London, England |
| Died | 7 March 2016 (aged 95) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Commands | Military Governor of Schleswig-Holstein |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Other work | Company Managing Director |
In 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, he published the memoir Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp – A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney.[5] He attended Brighton College[6] and then St Paul's School, London 1933–38.[7]
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edit- ^ "Major Leonard Berney: First British officer to liberate Bergen-Belsen Nazi camp dies aged 95", The Independent
- ^ "Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney - obituary", The Telegraph
- ^ "Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank", Nanette Blitz Konig, Amsterdam Publishers (2018), ISBN 978-9492371614
- ^ "Major Leonard Berney's son on Belsen concentration camp", The Argus
- ^ Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp – A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney, page i., 2015 ISBN 978-1511541701
- ^ "Major Leonard Berney's son on Belsen concentration camp", The Argus
- ^ "Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney - obituary", The Telegraph