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).
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).
Section table
Crematorium
Mobile crematorium
Cell 115 – Bunker drama
The so-called 'bunker drama' stands as one of the most harrowing examples of the atrocities committed at the camp. It began when a woman from barrack 23B was imprisoned in the camp’s detention block, known as the 'bunker.' In protest, several fellow prisoners voiced their dissent. In retaliation, camp commander Grünewald ordered that as many women as possible be crammed into a single cell.
Seventy-four women were forced into Cell 115 - a space of just nine square meters, with minimal ventilation. Conditions quickly became unbearable. When the cell door was finally opened after 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 16, 1944, ten women were found dead, having succumbed to the night’s ordeal.
News of the incident soon leaked beyond the camp walls, reported in several underground resistance newspapers. The Nazi authorities were furious that word had spread. As a result, an SS court sentenced Grünewald to three and a half years in prison. Heinrich Himmler confirmed the ruling and stripped Grünewald of his rank, reassigning him as a common soldier. He was later killed in combat in Hungary in 1945.
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
