"The Relief of Belsen concentration camp: recollections and reflections of a British Army docto"

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

James A. D. Johnston was born in 1911 and educated at Glasgow University. He was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II and served as a senior medical officer at the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. 

"The Relief of Belsen concentration camp: recollections and reflections of a British Army docto" 

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Consists of the typescript of"The Relief of Belsen Concentration Camp: Recollections & Reflections of a British Army Docto" written by Major General James Alexander Deans Johnston, circa 1970. The typescript includes information on conditions at Bergen-Belsen under Nazi control and during liberation, as well as description of medical measures taken by the British for the benefit of former inmates of the camp. Also included is a photocopy of a photograph of James Johnston and a retype of his obituary from"The Daily Telegraph"