Herzogenbusch (Kamp Vught) | |
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Nazi concentration camp | |
![]() Camp perimeter fence, 1945 | |
Other names | Dutch: Kamp Vught, pronounced [kɑmp ˈfʏxt], German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ hɛʁtsoːɡənˈbʊʃ] |
Location | Vught, Netherlands |
Built by | Nazi Germany |
Operated by | SS |
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First built | 1942 |
Operational | January 1943 26 October 1944 |
Inmates | Jews, Gypsies, political prisoners |
Killed | 749 |
Liberated by | 51st Highland Division |
Notable inmates | Anton Constandse, Helga Deen, David Koker |
Website | www |
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.