SS Concentration Camp Vught The Netherlands
Camp Vught National Memorial (Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught) is located on part of the former SS camp Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, also known as Camp Vught (January 1943 – September 1944).
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SS Concentratiekamp Vught Nederland
Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught
Camp Vught National Memorial (Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught) is located on part of the former SS camp Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, also known as Camp Vught (January 1943 – September 1944).
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SS Concentratiekamp Vught Nederland
Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught
Section table
Crematorium
Mobile crematorium
Cell 115 – Bunker drama
The ‘bunker drama’ is an example of the atrocities in the camp. When one of the women from barrack 23B was imprisoned in the camp prison (the ‘bunker’), a number of women protested. Camp commander Grünewald ordered retaliation as many women as possible in one cell. In cell 115, 74 women were eventually squeezed together on an area of nine m², with hardly any ventilation. On Sunday morning, January 16, 1944, the cell door opens after 2 p.m. Ten women did not survive the night.
The ‘bunker drama’ is an example of the atrocities in the camp. When one of the women from barrack 23B was imprisoned in the camp prison (the ‘bunker’), a number of women protested. Camp commander Grünewald ordered retaliation as many women as possible in one cell. In cell 115, 74 women were eventually squeezed together on an area of nine m², with hardly any ventilation. On Sunday morning, January 16, 1944, the cell door opens after 2 p.m. Ten women did not survive the night.
This drama soon became known outside the camp and was described in various resistance papers. The occupier finds it extremely annoying that the news has leaked out. Grünewald is sentenced to three and a half years by an SS judge. Himmler repeats this verdict and degrades Grünewald as a regular soldier. He joins his division again and is killed in 1945 in Hungary.
Inside Cell 115
Inside Cell 115
Cell 115
Inside Cell 115
Outside Cell 115
Memorial
Memorial concentration camp Vught
Memorial concentration camp Vught
National Memorial Execution Place
Children memorial notes
