Druin Burch

Druin Burch is a consultant physician, a former junior doctor, and the author of books on history and medicine.

Belsen haunted my friend to the grave

A patient, an old woman with white hair, stripped of speech by dementia, followed us each shift, staying an inch behind, wanting nothing more than human presence. We let her into the staff room, where she hovered behind whoever was nearest, her tattooed number visible on her forearm. They found a young girl, Doris, who

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