‘Rampant’ cannibalism in German concentration camp, documents reveal

Tales of “rampant” cannibalism in a German concentration camp and torture at the hands of the Gestapo are among tales of harrowing brutality recounted by victims of Nazi persecution as they fought to get compensation for their suffering.

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

In 1964 the Federal Republic of Germany agreed to pay the British government £1m — about £17m (€21.5m) in today’s money — to those who had suffered, or their dependants if they had died.