CAMP VUGHT

Kamp Vught was during World War II the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany and the areas annexed by Nazi Germany. In 1942, construction began on Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, as Kamp Vught was officially called. In total, about 32,000 people were imprisoned in the camp for shorter or longer periods between January 1943 and September 1944.
Many prisoners were transported from Vught to extermination camps. This applied particularly to the Jewish prisoners. Notorious are the two 'child transports.' On Saturday, June 5, 1943, it was announced that all Jewish children must leave the camp. On June 6, the children aged 0 to 3 left with their mother. The next day, the older children aged 4 to 16 left with their father or mother. It was said that the children would go to a special children's camp nearby. But the trains went to the transit camp Westerbork. At least 1,269 Jewish children from Kamp Vught were deported via Westerbork to Sobibor in Poland. They were almost immediately killed upon arrival.

Photo caption: Children’s memorial at Kamp Vught

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