Camp Westerbork Remembrance Centre

Oosthalen 8, 9414 TG, Hooghalen
Drenthe, Netherlands, the

In the Remembrance Centre Camp Westenbork they tell the daily life in the camp. The personal story is central: Films, stories, objects and letters give a multiplicity of impressions. An original barrackwall, a film made in 1944 in the camp, a trumpet which was played on in Auschwitz. The experiences of individuale families are shown in various presentations and give a moving image of the prosecution in World War 2. [b]Memorial window (pictures 4-5)[/b] The memorial window in the great hall is a stained glass window. The window depicts a woman offering a weakened man a drinking cup, while a storm is raging around them. On the stained glass window is the following text: 1940 THE DUTCH RED CROSS ON THE MUNICIPALITY OF WESTERBORK 1945 FOR HELP TO THE JEWISH DEPORTS

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Text by: Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork & Bert Deelman

Photo(s): Lennard Bolijn (1), Dick de Bruijne (2,3), Bert Deelman (4,5)

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