 The first students arrived at Belsen at the end of April 1945, with the remaining students reaching the camp at the beginning of May 1945.Following a briefing by Meiklejohn on 2 May 1945, they began work at Camp 1 the following day.Initially, the role of the students was to take over one or two of the 200 huts each, with the responsibility of getting them cleaned (human laundry) and supervising the feeding of and fair distribution of food to the inmates.