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These historic recordings were made by the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Patrick Gordon Walker five days after the liberation of Belsen. The emotions expressed range from the almost uncomprehending bewilderment of British soldiers faced with the task of providing a massive relief operation to the tremulous joy of the survivors, for whom the nightmare was finally over. Patrick Gordon Walker also collected a more comprehensive version of these experiences as a personal diary which he presented to his ´óÏó´«Ã½ chief on his return.

At this time Patrick Gordon Walker was working for Radio Luxembourg, which in 1945 was staffed by the European Service of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ as part of the vanguard of broadcasters following the Allied advance through Europe. After the war he went into politics, becoming Labour MP for Smethwick. Within five years he was a secretary of state and a member of the Privy Council, recognised by Clement Attlee as a man of "exceptional ability".

Contains disturbing scenes.

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