Westerbork transit camp
Camp Westerbork, also known as Westerbork transit camp, was a Nazi transit camp in the province of Drenthe in the northeastern Netherlands, during World War II.
Blacknight, Public domain.- Historic site
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Kamp Zwiggelte”
- Description: Nazi transit camp for Jews in the occupied Netherlands
- Also known as“Camp Westerbork”“De Schattenberg”“Durchgangslager Westerbork”“Kamp Westerbork”
- Established: September 1939
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Hooghalen
Hooghalen is a village in the municipality Midden-Drenthe, in the Dutch province Drenthe.
4½ km west of Westerbork transit camp
Westerbork transit camp
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Latitude
52.91629° or 52° 54′ 59″ north
Longitude
6.60743° or 6° 36′ 27″ east
Open location code
9F48WJ84+GX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Westerbork transit camp” goes by many names.
معسكر العبور فستربوركArabic
ՎեստերբորկArmenian
Վեստերբորկ (համակենտրոնացման ճամբար)Armenian
ВэстэрборкBelarusian
ВестерборкBulgarian
Camp de concentració de WesterborkCatalan
威斯特柏爾克集中營Chinese
韋斯特博克中轉營Chinese
韋斯特博克營Chinese
韋斯特博克集中營Chinese
韦斯特博克营Chinese
Internační tábor WesterborkCzech
WesterborkDanish
Concentratiekamp WesterborkDutch
Kamp WesterborkDutch
Polizeiliches Durchgangslager WesterborkDutch
voormalig Kamp WesterborkDutch
WesterborkDutch
Koncentrejo WesterborkEsperanto
WesterborkEsperanto
WesterborkFinnish
στρατόπεδο διέλευσης ΒέστερμπορκGreek
ווסטרבורקHebrew
וסטרבורגHebrew
וסטרבורקHebrew
מחנה המעבר המשטרתי ליהודים וסטרבורקHebrew
מחנה וסטרבורקHebrew
Kamp transit WesterborkIndonesian
campo di concentramento di WesterborkItalian
Campo di transito di WesterborkItalian
ヴェステルボルクJapanese
ヴェステルボルク強制収容所Japanese
ヴェステルボルク通過収容所Japanese
Vesterborkas tranzītnometneLatvian
Durchgangslager WesterborkNorwegian
Durchgangslager WesterborkNorwegian Bokmål
اردوگاه انتقالی وستربورکPersian
Kamp WesterborkPolish
Lagărul de tranzit WesterborkRomanian
ВестерборкRussian
Durchgangslager WesterborkSlovenian
Tranzitno taborišče WesterborkSlovenian
WesterborkSwedish
Westerbork transfer kampıTurkish
ВестерборкUkrainian
Vesterbork konslageriUzbek
Kamp WesterborkWestern Frisian
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