survivors and liberators of the notorious bergen-belsen camp in northern germany gathered to commemorate the day british soldiers entered its gates and began the task of saving as many of the 60,000 starving inmates as possible .
but the love between british soldier , sergeant norman turgel , 24 at the time , and teenage polish girl gena , 20 , was only kindled because of the generosity and kindness of the british commander major leonard berney .
this week , love blossomed against all the odds between an emaciated inmate and one of the soldiers sent to arrest her ss guards .