[citation needed] In January 1944 he ordered that a group of female prisoners was to be put into one cell. The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. The first group of prisoners sent to the Judenauffanglager was about 450 Jews from Amsterdam. Herzogenbusch était un camp de concentration nazi situé à Vught près de la ville de 's-Hertogenbosch, aux Pays - Bas.Le camp a été ouvert en 1943 et détenait 31 000 prisonniers. Watchtowers and barbed wire fences in the camp, Herzogenbusch concentration camp (German pronunciation: [hɛɐtsoːgənbuʃ][Stress?]) In the beginning of December 1942, Rauter’s superior, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, following Rauter’s regular updates, ordered that Herzogenbusch had to be considered an “official” concentration camp, in other words, a camp under direct supervision of the Berlin offices of the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). The Herzogenbusch concentration camp was the only SS concentration camp outside Germany and the German annexed territories. He was removed in October 1943 for misconduct and later sentenced to 15 years in prison by an SS court. Actually, some of them operated only for a couple of months. The quality of this hospital was incomparably better than the ones in other concentration camps. It was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. David wrote poems in his diary and taught Jewish children in the camp. Les premiers prisonniers juifs arrivèrent le 16 janvier 1943. Although it can well be argued that the Herzogenbusch regime did not match the level of cruelty of the other concentration camps, this does not take away from the camp’s notorious record, notably during the first half-year of its existence. The most probable reasons for this decision have to be found in Rauter’s concerns about the tempo and effectiveness of the deportation of the Jews from Westerbork—in principle, about 120,000 people eventually were deported—and the obvious malfunctioning of the already existing camp at Amersfoort, which proved to be too small and which had a notorious reputation for its harsh regime. In August 1943, as a result of deportations from the Judendurchgangslager, space became vacant for a new camp: the Polizeiliches Durchgangslager, which thus mirrored the original function of the Amersfoort camp. A small group of students, however, were transported to Germany for forced labor. [citation needed] When Amersfoort and Westerbork appeared to be too small to handle the large amount of prisoners, the Schutzstaffel (SS) decided to build a concentration camp in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch. The Herzogenbusch camp in fact ceased to exist. In April and May, thousands more people would arrive, mostly Dutch provincial Jews, or mediene. Nieuw Vosseveld 360 mètres au sud-ouest; Fort Isabella fort, 2 km au nord-est; Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch musée, 3 km au nord-est; Stadhuis 's-Hertogenbosch site historique, 4 km au nord-est; Autres lieux. [citation needed]. Koker was deported to Auschwitz on June 2, 1944. Information about the opening and closing dates of the main camp and subcamps, the type of prisoners, and prisoner labor can be found in the ITS, Verzeichnis der Haftstätten unter dem Reichsführer- SS (1933–1945), 2 vols. Even more important, they hoped that this protection would safeguard them against deportation. About 60 percent of the prisoners were released; the rest were transported to different concentration camps in Germany. The same day, about 450 Jews arrived from Amsterdam (mainly “armament Jews,” or Rustungsjuden). Kamp Vught was the only concentration camp controlled by the SS outside Germany in Western Europe. 749 prisoners died in the camp… About 1,350 male prisoners came from abroad, mostly from Belgium and, to a lesser extent, from France. 210, BDC; Coll. 749 prisonniers sont morts dans le camp, et les autres ont été transférés dans d'autres camps peu de temps avant la libération du camp par les forces alliées en 1944. Investigations of the German police indicated that students and people from better-off circles took part in these actions. Rauter refused, claiming that the staff at his disposal was inadequate for this transfer.3. This level implied, among other things, that the non-Jewish prisoners were permitted (censored) correspondence and the receipt of food parcels. Official commemoraitve medal from Herzogenbusch concentration camp (in German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch). Most of the prisoners were in terrible shape. Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp, Vught, The Netherlands. See also Tineke Wibaut- Guilonard and Ed Mager, Kamp Vught 1943–1944: Eindpunt . Le camp a été tout d'abord utilisé en 1943, a emprisonné 31 000 prisonniers, et 749 prisonniers sont morts dans le camp ; une partie des prisonniers fut déplacée vers d’autres camps, peu de temps avant que les Alliés libèrent le camp en 1944. The only penal records are available for minor perpetrators. : Lieve vrienden, we zijn nu dicht bij de grens. Ik denk veel aan jullie. However, these examples are not convincing enough for the acceptance of Rauter’s statement. In the camouflaged language of the Germans it was at that time “appropriately” called the Jewish collection camp (Judenauffanglager), suggesting the possibility of a longer stay than in Westerbork, as a Judendurchgangslager. Today there is a visitors' centre which includes exhibitions and a memorial Nationaal Monument Kamp … 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before the camp was liberated by the Allied Forces in 1944. Goodbye. The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. Although informative, these publications cannot serve as a solid basis for scholarly research, as they are devoid of fact- checking or source references. This incident took place on the night of January 15–16, 1944. In total, at least 31,000 people had been imprisoned in the camp between January 1943 and September 1944 for shorter or longer durations. Herzogenbusch became known as one of the few concentration camps located outside the Reich territory (Reichsgebiet). It is important to note that Herzogenbusch was deliberately designed by the Reich Security Main Offi ce (RSHA) as a Level (Stufe) I and II camp, in terms of the severity of its regime. Still, parts of the old camp remain. Millions of people suffered and died or were killed. Herzogenbusch concentration camp. in’t Veld, ed., De SS en Nederland (’s Gravenhage, 1979). . 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before the camp was liberated by the Allied Forces in 1944. The dismissal of two camp commandants, a responsibility usually reserved for the WVHA, led to a conflict between Pohl and Rauter. Consequently, 74 women were collectively punished by putting them in one cell in the bunker for 14 hours; 10 women did not survive. In the end, the camp took up 300,000 square meters (359,000 square yards) and consisted of 36 barracks for living, sleeping, and working. Vol 1, Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA), ed. I think a lot about you. During his internment he wrote a diary, which was smuggled out of the camp in parts; it is now complete and conserved. Like all the other concentration camps, Herzogenbusch is to be considered as a camp complex, that is, a main camp (Hauptlager) with internal sections and several external detachments or subcamps, some of them located in the immediate vicinity of the main camp, others at a distance of over 96 kilometers (60 miles). A few hundred hostages were locked up, generally for not longer than a couple of months. The women and children stayed in the Frauenkonzentrationslager. After her last diary entry, in early July 1943, Helga Deen was deported to Sobibór extermination camp and murdered. This group was transported to Herzogenbusch in June 1944, because of the Allied invasion in Normandy, and was placed in a special camp, the SD- Lager. Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 510: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Netherlands" does not exist. Bloomington: Indiana University Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2009. Detachments where prisoners constructed and repaired airfields (Arnheim, Eindhoven, GilzeRijen [aka Breda], Leeuwarden, and Venlo); Detachments where prisoners worked on coastal defenses (Moerdijk and Roosendaal); Detachments where prisoners performed administrativework on behalf of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (’s-Gravenhage, Haaren, and St. Michielsgestel); One detachment where prisoners were deployed for industrial labor (Herzogenbusch). Although the sources do not indicate tensions between Grunewald and Rauter, the second commandant was arrested, together with his adjutant, in January 1944, because of his responsibility for the so-called Bunker tragedy (Bunkerdrama). Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Vught, German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands.Herzogenbusch was the only concentration camps in western Europe outside of Germany.The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. However, apart from the usual harassment, working conditions for them were much harder. From May 1943 on, the supply of food parcels was taken over by the Dutch Red Cross. Interrogated by the commandant, no one reported who was responsible for this. National Monument Camp Vught (Museum for Concentration Camp Herzogenbusch) Dans la même zone Points de repère. Herzogenbusch was a Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught] remembering the camp together with its victims. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies established more than 44,000 camps and other incarceration sites (including ghettos). 250b (Gevangenissen en Concentratiekampen; algemene verslagen); Coll. Monument National Camp Vught est situé sur une partie de l’ancien SS-Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, mieux connu comme Camp Vught (janvier 1943-septembre 1944). During this period, it held nearly 31,000 prisoners: Jews, political prisoners, resistance fighters, Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, homeless people, black market traders, criminals, and hostages. Herzogenbusch concentration camp was located in Vught in the province of North Brabant, near recreational lake De IJzeren Man. His diary is published as Dagboek geschreven in Vught (Amsterdam, 1977). The only penal record of a leading personality is Rauter’s trial. Dans le centre de mémoire on peut visiter plusieurs expositions, l’espace de recueillement et le mur de réaction. [10] Central to the prison, the Bunker Tragedy bunker still stands. In general, it can be stated that because of the food supply and working conditions, life in the Hauptlager was less difficult than in the subcamps. Herzogenbusch concentration camp ( ) (Dutch: Kamp Vught, German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.Herzogenbusch was the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside of Germany. The common name for the camp was "Vught" after the district in which the camp was located. It is not surprising at all that by April 1943 over 200 prisoners had perished. This explains why they tried to get assigned to the Philips-Kommando, where life remained relatively acceptable because of the protection of the Philips company management. After the last, the above-mentioned Philips-Transport, the camp was closed. His replacement was SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Adam Grunewald, who worked previously in Dachau and Sachsenhausen. : Dear friends, we are now close to the border. He fought during the First World War and was already a member of the Nazi party in 1933. ... Heel veel liefs jongens, bedankt voor alles. Pohl is referring to this decision in a letter to Rauter, March 29, 1944 (BDC H540: 3649, copied at NIOD), in which he suggests to hand over the camp to Rauter from May 1, 1944. Until the present day, the NIOD collection of Herzogenbusch documents, although fragmentary, is to be considered the main source for serious research into the history of the camp complex. The treatment of the prisoners would be, as Rauter put it in his trial after the war, “severe, but fair” (streng, aber gerecht). He appears not to have come into conflict with Rauter. The immediate cause for this change was the massive overflow of prisoners under investigation (Untersuchungshäftlinge), whose number was far too large to be put up in the prisons of the German police. About two months afterward, however, it was renamed according to its basic function. 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before the camp was liberated by the Allied Forces in 1944. Voir plus d'idées sur le thème Témoins de jéhovah, Camp de concentration, Pays bas. The crematorium, the rebuilt barrack and the monument to Find topics of interest and explore encyclopedia content related to those topics, Find articles, photos, maps, films, and more listed alphabetically, Recommended resources and topics if you have limited time to teach about the Holocaust, Explore the ID Cards to learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust. The camp had a crematorium but not a gas chamber. Nevertheless, some examples illustrate what he tried to bring forward in his defense. A few days before Himmler’s visit to Herzogenbusch (on February 3, 1944), Rauter addressed an audience of leading SS officials. In the late 1960s, a survey, by no means representative, was conducted of the inhabitants of the municipality of Vught, aged around 65 years, concerning their state of knowledge of the neighboring camp. Two women stood out in the neighborhood for their efforts to get to know the names of the prisoners, in order to pass this information to the prisoners’ family members. Dat zal nu wel lang duren. I have all my dearest possessions with me: my letters and photos. Immediately after assuming command over the camp, he set very strict rules. When will we see each other again? It came into being because of the attempts by the resistance on the lives of high-placed Dutch Nazis. The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. A substantial food shortage, the prisoners’ poor condition, hard working conditions, and systematic battering of a certain group of Jewish inmates caused the death of 400 prisoners. It is disappointing, but we were prepared and full of faith. At that time, Louis de Jong, the former NIOD director who published a 14- volume series about the general history of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in World War II, devoted one of his volumes completely to the Nazi prisons and camps. Herzogenbusch was, with Natzweiler-Struthof in occupied France, the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside Germany. During World War II, Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp was the only SS concentration camp outside of Nazi Germany. Like all the other concentration camps, Herzogenbusch is to be considered as a camp complex, that is, a main camp (Hauptlager) with internal sections and several external detachments or subcamps, some of them located in the immediate vicinity of the main camp, others at a distance of over 96 kilometers (60 miles). The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. M'n liefste bezit. Par aprè… History. Wanneer zien we elkaar weer? The second commander was 40-year-old Adam Grünewald. Amersfoort got an extremely negative reputation, and the scarce reports about people imprisoned in camps abroad, notably in Germany, suggested even worse conditions. 8 (’s-Gravenhage, 1978). In the Schutzhaftlager, people imprisoned for purely political reasons made up only a minority. Apart from these general publications, the last decade has witnessed books published with attention to special features of the camp: Example, on the Jewish child prisoners, Janneke de Moei, Joodse kinderen in het kamp Vught (Vught, 1999); on the Bunkerdrama, Hans Olink, Vrouwen van Vught: Een nacht in een concentratiekamp (Amsterdam, 1995); and on the Philips- Kommando, P.W. However, the most impressive and touching publication about Herzogenbusch is a diary kept by prisoner David Koker, a 22-year-old student. On the contrary, testimonies clearly indicate that members of the guard force started to destroy the archives shortly before the final evacuation of the prisoners. [citation needed] Subsequently, many died during Chmielewski’s reign. Herzogenbusch was, with Natzweiler-Struthof in occupied France, the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside of Germany. Imprisonment in Herzogenbusch distinguished itself not only in quantitative but also in qualitative terms. On the other hand, escape from these subcamps appeared to be easier than from the main camp. Nevertheless, a fairly well equipped hospital, run by imprisoned doctors, functioned from July 1943 on. After the war, the camp was used as a prison for Germans and for Dutch collaborators. Large parts of the southern camp buildings are now used by the Dutch military, including the former SS Barracks that is shaped like a German cross. For Jews in particular, but also for po liti cal prisoners, the regime intended to send them to other destinations. Het is wel teleurstellend, maar we waren erop voorbereid en zijn vol vertrouwen. Most of these sections did not exist through the full period when Herzogenbusch was active. Eventually they reached Vught, and liberated the Herzogenbusch concentration camp with the assistance of a Canadian artillery unit - the only Konzentrationslager or concentration camp ever to be built on Dutch soil. In the summer of 1942, only a few weeks after the first deportation train had left the Jewish transit camp (Judendurchgangslager) at Westerbork for Auschwitz on June 15, Höherer-SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) Hanns Albin Rauter, in consultation with Reichskommissar Arthur Seyss-Inquart, decided to start construction of a new camp called Herzogenbusch (’s-Hertogenbosch). Apart from Jews these included, amongst others, Roma (gypsies), resistance activists and Jehovah’s witnesses. 749 prisoners died in the camp, … Hygienic conditions were poor, most notably in the Judendurchgangslager, suggesting that the physical condition of these prisoners was not a matter of concern for the camp leadership. [1], The building of the camp at Herzogenbusch, the German name for 's-Hertogenbosch, started in 1942. His superiors, unhappy that this tragedy was leaked to the press, brought him before an SS judge and he was sent to the Russian front as a common soldier. Le commandant du camp était le capitaine SS Karl Chmilewski. Herzogenbusch, located in The Netherlands, was the only official concentration camp in western Europe located outside of Germany. In this publication some 70 pages are dedicated to Herzogenbusch. People from this group of prisoners were executed in August and September 1944. The camp premises were liberated on October 26, 1944. The prisoners’ first task was to build the barracks, which was, given the shape they were in, a very strenuous job. Their former guards, all members of the Wachbatallion Nordwest, accompanied the Amersfoort prisoners. [citation needed], A view along the fences of the camp, 1945. In this way they clearly facilitated the sending of food parcels, which were of course of great help and comfort for the prisoners. The SS leadership was satisfied with his performance. [2], Due to hunger, sickness, and abuse, at least 749 men, women and children died there. Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Vught, German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands.Herzogenbusch was the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside of Germany. Of these, 329 were murdered at an execution site just outside the camp. Vught, small German Nazi concentration camp in the town of Vught, 2 miles (3 km) south of the city of Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Neth. This made him responsible for the daily routine of the camp. After the publication of de Jong, it took another de cade before Coenraad Stuldreher, a former NIOD staff member, published a general article, “Deutsche Konzentrationslager in den Niederlanden: Amersfoort, Westerbork,  Herzogenbusch,” DaHe 5 (1989):141–173, the first publication not in the Dutch language. In reprisal, about 600 students and 1,200 sons of upper- class families (Plutokraten-Söhnchen) were arrested at the beginning of February and transferred to Herzogenbusch. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 There is a memorial centre, a preserved part of the old camp that has remained unchanged and the execution grounds where prisoners were shot. TTY: 202.488.0406, Hans Two of the three commandants were tried after the war, but not by Dutch courts. See his Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, vol. de Vries, Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center. 77- 85, HSSPF; Coll. Rauter was very keen on maintaining this so-called high level quality and is said to have inspected the site three or four times. Between early 1943 and late 1944, more than 31,000 people were detained here. In May 1943, the prisoner population reached its maximum of 9,000 people. Moreover, the regime in Herzogenbusch obviously did not show itself as cruel as was the case elsewhere. She was 18 years old.[5][6]. Herzogenbusch was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The camp functioned from January, 1943, to September, 1944. It did not stop them from being transported, but actually did protect them during their deportation to Auschwitz. This diary runs from February 11, 1943, through February 8, 1944. Herzogenbusch concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Vught, German: Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch) was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands. About 30,000 inmates passed through the camp of which about 12,000 were Jews. In 1961, a German court sentenced Chmielewski to life imprisonment. The museum consists of an indoor and an outdoor area. We would like to thank The Crown and Goodman Family and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing The food provided was poor, and drinkable water was rare. Herzogenbusch was, with Natzweiler-Struthof in occupied France, the only concentration camp run directly by the SS in western Europe outside of Germany. The wall has suffered numerous acts of vandalism: Swastikas were drawn on the wall, using tar, which has seeped into the stone and is impossible to remove. 9 épingles • 346 abonnés. Consequently, their penal records are absent. [2] The camp was modelled on concentration camps in Germany. David's mother and brother Max survived the war, but David died during a transport of sick people to Dachau in 1945.[4]. About 12,000 people (11,000 men and 1,000 women) were quartered in this camp for periods ranging from less than a month to more than a year. Herzogenbusch concentration camp was a Nazi concentration camp located in Vught near the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. That will take a long time. Ulrich Herbert, Karin Orth, and Christoph Dieckmann (Gottingen, 1998), 1: 327–348. [citation needed] Under his leadership, at least 329 men were executed. Because Herzogenbusch was not liberated by Allied forces—it was evacuated before their arrival—its prisoners were not in the position to get hold of camp records and take them home. ... Ik heb alle brieven en foto's bij me. Among them was the Herzogenbusch main camp (also known as Vught). But we shall survive. The camp was made up of several largely independent sections for different kinds of prisoners: the “protective custody” camp (Schutzhaftlager, including the women’s concentration camp, or Frauenkonzentrationslager); the Judendurchgangslager; the students’ camp (Studentenlager); the hostage camp (Geisellager); a Polizeiliches Durchgangslager; and a Security Service camp (Sicherheitsdienst-Lager, or SDLager). The perpetrators used these locations for a range of purposes, including forced labor, detention of people deemed to be "enemies of the state," and mass murder. The main camp, the Schutzhaftlager, was in operation throughout Herzogenbusch’s existence. This resulted in what has become known as the Bunker Tragedy: twelve of the women packed into the cell died during the night. Four different kinds of detachments or subcamps can be distinguished: The camp leadership and part of the guard staff were recruited from people who had already worked in other camps, notably at Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen. Herzogenbusch concentration camp Last updated November 27, 2020 Coordinates : 51°39′57″N 5°15′32″E  /  51.66583°N 5.25889°E  / 51.66583 Tot ziens. After a couple of weeks, almost all of them were released. Until 1978, only memoirs of former prisoners, usually of a highly personal character, had been published. Ils provenaient d'Amersfoort et étaient dans un état pitoyable. 749 prisoners died in the camp, and the others were transferred to other camps shortly before Herzogenbusch was liberated by the Allied Forcesin 1944. RSHA Circular, January 18, 1943, NIOD [C61.01], Collection 250g. In all, about 12,000 people—men, women, and children—were imprisoned in Herzogenbusch, all of whom were eventually deported to Sobibor and Auschwitz. A second transport—some 2,000 prisoners from Amersfoort—arrived three days later. From May 1943 on, women were imprisoned in a separate barracks, called the Frauenkonzentrationslager. Articles with Dutch-language external links, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2014, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Buildings and structures in North Brabant, Nazi concentration camps in the Netherlands, World War II memorials in the Netherlands, "Shades of Anne Frank in Dutch prison camp diary. At some points, the camp showed an even more deadly face. 250g (Vught I); Coll. He was killed in battle in 1945. Pohl thereupon requested Himmler to take Herzogenbusch away from the WVHA and to charge Rauter with final responsibility for the camp. Furthermore, some attention from the (mostly local) press has to be noted. During 's-Hertogenbosch. A German female prisoner betrayed some of her fellow prisoners, as a result of which she was punished by some of them. The camp was first used in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. Afterward, the Wehrmacht took over the facility and used it as a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp before handing it over to the Dutch Red Cross. Helga Deen (Stettin, Germany, 6 April 1925 – Sobibor, 16 July 1943) was the author of a diary, discovered in 2004, which describes her stay in a Dutch prison camp, Kamp Vught, where she was brought during World War II at the age of 18. Klein and Justus van de Kamp, Het Philips- Kommando in Kamp Vught (Amsterdam, 2003). The family was later tranported to the Groß-Rosen camp (Langenbielau). Maar erdoor komen we. About one-third of the Philips-Transport prisoners survived. By the beginning of October 1943, this was the fate of more than 10,000 people. [citation needed] He was sacked in 1943 for stealing from the camp on a large scale. Chmielewski and Huttig were tried outside the Netherlands. The first commander of Herzogenbusch was 39-year-old Karl Chmielewski. [2] When allied forces were approaching Herzogenbusch, the camp was evacuated and the prisoners were transferred to concentration camps further east. The following collections in NIOD contain information about this camp: Coll. Among other things, he was responsible for the massive shootings of prisoners in August and September 1944 and for the evacuation transports afterward. In February 1943, the Geisellager was set up. Le musée est composé d’un espace intérieur et extérieur. Herzogenbusch concentration camp Upload media Wikipedia: Instance of: Nazi concentration camp, military museum, Ilag: Named after 's-Hertogenbosch ; Vught ; Location: Vught, North Brabant, Netherlands : Said to be the same as: Vught: 51° 39′ 56.99″ N, 5° 15′ 24.01″ E: Authority control Q153713 GND ID: 4028140-1 NKCR AUT ID: zmp2018978407. Jews in particular, but he was removed in October 1943 ) who previously... 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