Transfered

After "Crazy Tuesday" (Sept. 5th, 1944 when false rumors of imminent Allied victory spread throughout the country) Kamp Vught was emptied of all prisoners, who were transfered out, many to Sachsenhausen, near Berlin, Germany. My grandfather was transfered there and died four months later of dysentery. 

Transfered out in open train cars

Back to Prayer and Comfort in Sachsenhausen...

Execution

Where many were executed by firing squad.
The prisoner in the camp would hear the volleys of shots.

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In memory of

Notes in memory of

The note I left in memory of my grandfather:
"In memory of my grandfather Taeke van Popta
who was transfered from here to his death in Sachsenhausen"

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Christians and Jews

Ashes buried here

Christians and Jews

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Crematorium

People who died of sickness or abuse, or were executed, were burned here.

Portable oven

Cart used in transporting dead bodies to oven

Permanent oven

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Washroom

Large sink for washing up

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Barbed wire

The camp was encircled by barbed wire, electric wire, a water-filled ditch, and guard towers.

Original concrete posts

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