SS Kamp Vught

[51highland]

Not sure if anyone else has been to this ex SS Concentration camp. Part of it is still in use by the Dutch Military, obviously part of it, crematorium, huts etc are kept as a museum / National Monument.

Attached Pic is a Aerial view of the Camp taken, I think in 1944. Notice the Nazi shaped cross, this was, indeed still is there, the German quarters for guards etc.

I was lucky enough to be given a guided tour of the whole camp, including that which is in use today. Stood on the balcony of the main admin building which overlooked the area of appel of the prisoners. The buildings that were occupied by the commandant, his staff and the guards were/are quite magnificent. Which only heightens the visitors sense of abhorrance at the surroundings that the inmates had to endure.

Again the camp, like most others, is surrounded by trees.

[Owen]

Same view today.
51°39'39.81"N 5°15'30.18"E

The camps website.
Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught | English information

[von Poop]

Any idea what the three clover shaped things towards the bottom of the picture are?
They look like fortifications.

[Slipdigit]

They sure do, VP.

[von Poop]

Some interesting pages on the Dutch Camp system:
Deportations from the Netherlands
Transit Camps in the Netherlands
Vught Concentration Camp (Holland)


There seems to have been some controversy broken out about the excellent Deathcamps.org site, looks like another copy of it has been posted under death-camps.org ('-' added) with dodgy links to denialists and a claimed attempt to profit from the Holocaust??.
ARC Copyright & Free Use!
Could be worth establishing for certain which is the right one as both sites have claims to be the original... very odd.

[Owen]

Originally Posted by Von Poop

Any idea what the three clover shaped things towards the bottom of the picture are?
They look like fortifications.

Vauban era forts?
edit, there is a star shaped fort in a lake due east of these.
another edit. been googling about defences south of s'hertenbosch which these are part of.
Others being Fort Isabella and Fort St Anthonie.
Actually think they are later than Vauban. They are alot bigger. I've read they were built 19th Centuary to guard against Belgium.
I think this is them.
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Lunetten Vught
De Lunetten in Vught, gebouwd in de vorm van een halve maan, werden in opdracht van koning Willem III aangelegd. Deze werken vormden samen met fort Isabella de zuidelijke linie rond 's-Hertogenbosch.
Translates as,
The Lunetten in Vught, built in the form of a half moon, became on the order of king Willem III aangelegd. These work formed together with fort Isabella the southern line around 's-Hertogenbosch.

[Owen]

Here they are.

Tijdens de Belgische Revolutie waarbij België onafhankelijk werd van het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, werden op de lijn Cromvoirt - Helvoirt - Esch een aantal voorwerken gebouwd. Na de onafhankelijkheid van België zijn deze vervangen door de lunetten in Vught. Er zijn er acht gegraven en gebouwd.

During the Belgian Revolution by which Belgium independently became of the United Kingdom of the the Netherlands, became on the line Cromvoirt - Helvoirt - Esch a number furrow work built. To the independence of Belgium its these replace through the lunetten in Vught. There have been dug and built there eight.

Vestingwerken ('s-Hertogenbosch - Wikipedia)

[51highland]

The large buildings to the right of the picture, originally part of the camp which housed the inmates, is now a top security prison, some really bad boys in there.

[51highland]

Thought you might like a clip of Kamp vught, or whats there for people to see.