Westerbork Concentration Camp
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| Locations | Westerbork |
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| the Netherlands | |
| Liberated by | Canadian |
| Number of inmates | Auschwitz |
| Sobibór | |
| Operator | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
| Inmates | Jews |
| Did you know | Beginning on 2 February 1943, deportation trains left Westerbork on Tuesdays, although there were periods in which no deportations took place. |
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| ID | 1165911 |
About Westerbork Concentration Camp
Camp Westerbork was a transit camp in Drenthe province, northeastern Netherlands, during World War II. Established by the Dutch government in the summer of 1939, Camp Westerbork was meant to serve as a refugee camp for Jews who had illegally entered the Netherlands.