Herzogenbusch concentration camp

Herzogenbusch (Kamp Vught)
Nazi concentration camp
Black and white shot of a water-filled ditch, barbed-wire fences, and guard towers
Camp perimeter fence, 1945
Herzogenbusch concentration camp is located in Netherlands
Herzogenbusch concentration camp
Location of the camp in the Netherlands
Other namesDutch: Kamp Vught, pronounced [kɑmp ˈfʏxt], German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ hɛʁtsoːɡənˈbʊʃ]
LocationVught, Netherlands
Built byNazi Germany
Operated bySS
Commandant
First built1942
OperationalJanuary 1943
26 October 1944
InmatesJews, Gypsies, political prisoners
Killed749
Liberated by51st Highland Division
Notable inmatesAnton Constandse, Helga Deen, David Koker
Websitewww.nmkampvught.nl
Beds in the barracks of the camp
Washing area for the prisoners
Watchtowers and barbed wire fences in the camp
The crematorium in the camp

Herzogenbusch (German pronunciation: [hɛʁtsoːɡn̩ˈbʊʃ] , Dutch: Kamp Vught) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The camp was opened in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before Herzogenbusch was liberated by the Allied Forces in 1944. After the war, the camp was used as a prison for Germans and for Dutch collaborators. Today there is a visitors' center which includes exhibitions and a memorial remembering the camp and its victims.


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