Herzogenbusch concentration camp

Herzogenbusch (Kamp Vught)
Herzogenbusch (Kamp Vught)
Nazi concentration camp
	Camp perimeter fence, 1945
	Location of the camp in the Netherlands
Other names	Dutch: Kamp Vught, pronounced [kɑmp ˈfʏxt], German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ hɛʁtsoːɡənˈbʊʃ]
Location	Vught, Netherlands
Built by	Nazi Germany
Operated by	SS
Commandant	Karl Chmielewski (5 January 1943 – October 1943); Adam Grünewald (October 1943 – January 1944); Hans Hüttig (February 1944 – September 1944);
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.nmkampvught.nl

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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