Kamp Amersfoort
Kamp Amersfoort (Dutch: Kamp Amersfoort, German: Durchgangslager Amersfoort) was a Nazi concentration camp near the city of Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The official name was "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort", P.D.A. or Amersfoort Police Transit Camp. 37,000 prisoners were held there between 1941 and 1945. The camp was situated in the northern part of the municipality of Leusden, on the municipal boundary between Leusden and Amersfoort in the central Netherlands.
| Kamp Amersfoort Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
The camp watchtower | |
Location of the camp in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates | 52°7′57″N 5°21′56″E |
| Other names | Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort |
| Location | Leusden near Amersfoort, province of Utrecht, the Netherlands |
| Operated by | SS |
| Operational | 18 August 1941 – 18 April 1945 |
| Number of inmates | 37,000 |
| Killed | 650 |
| Liberated by | transferred to Red Cross |
| Website | www |
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