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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Blacknight, Public domain.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: Nazi transit camp for Jews in the occupied Netherlands
- Also known as: “Camp Westerbork”, “De Schattenberg”, “Durchgangslager Westerbork”, “Kamp Westerbork”, “Kamp Zwiggelte”, and “Westerbork Transit Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barak 56 and 102.000 stones.
Barak 56
Historic building
Photo: Hannolans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barak 56 is a historic building, which is situated 150 metres east of Westerbork transit camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ekehaar and Hooghalen.
Ekehaar
Village
Ekehaar is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 6 km south of Assen. Ekehaar is situated 4 km north of Westerbork transit camp.
Hooghalen
Village
Photo: Kasteelbeer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Hooghalen is a village in the municipality Midden-Drenthe, in the Dutch province Drenthe. In Drenthe it is also called Hoal'n or Hoalen, but then people often mean the entire area, with the neighborhoods Laaghalen, Laaghalerveen and Oosthalen. Hooghalen is situated 4½ km west of Westerbork transit camp.
Elp
Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Elp is a small village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 15 km south of Assen. The village was first mentioned in 1362 as "in Elpe". Elp is situated 4½ km southeast of Westerbork transit camp.
Westerbork transit camp
- Categories: transit camp, Nazi concentration camp, internment camp, war memorial, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.91629° or 52° 54′ 59″ northLongitude
6.60743° or 6° 36′ 27″ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Inception
September 1939Open location code
9F48WJ84+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 453544727OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesGeoNames ID
11184993Wikidata ID
Q323420
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Westerbork transit camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معسكر العبور فستربورك”
- Armenian: “Վեստերբորկ (համակենտրոնացման ճամբար)”
- Armenian: “Վեստերբորկ”
- Belarusian: “Вэстэрборк”
- Bulgarian: “Вестерборк”
- Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Westerbork”
- Chinese: “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”
- Czech: “Internační tábor Westerbork”
- Danish: “Westerbork”
- Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Westerbork”
- Dutch: “Kamp Westerbork”
- Dutch: “Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- Dutch: “voormalig Kamp Westerbork”
- Dutch: “Westerbork”
- Esperanto: “Koncentrejo Westerbork”
- Esperanto: “Westerbork”
- Finnish: “Westerbork”
- French: “camp de regroupement et de transit de Westebork”
- French: “camp de regroupement et de transit de Westerbork”
- French: “Camp de regroupement et de transit de Westerbork”
- French: “camp Westerbork”
- German: “Concentratiekamp Westerbork”
- German: “Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- German: “Kamp Westerbork”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Westerbork”
- German: “KZ Westerbork”
- German: “Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- German: “Polizeiliches Judendurchgangslager Westerbork”
- Greek: “στρατόπεδο διέλευσης Βέστερμπορκ”
- Hebrew: “ווסטרבורק”
- Hebrew: “וסטרבורג”
- Hebrew: “וסטרבורק”
- Hebrew: “מחנה המעבר המשטרתי ליהודים וסטרבורק”
- Hebrew: “מחנה וסטרבורק”
- Indonesian: “Kamp transit Westerbork”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Westerbork”
- Italian: “Campo di transito di Westerbork”
- Japanese: “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”
- Latvian: “Vesterborkas tranzītnometne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- Norwegian: “Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- Persian: “اردوگاه انتقالی وستربورک”
- Polish: “Kamp Westerbork”
- Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Westerbork”
- Romanian: “Lagărul de tranzit Westerbork”
- Russian: “Вестерборк”
- Slovenian: “Durchgangslager Westerbork”
- Slovenian: “Tranzitno taborišče Westerbork”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Westerbork”
- Spanish: “Westerbork”
- Swedish: “Westerbork”
- Turkish: “Westerbork transfer kampı”
- Ukrainian: “Вестерборк”
- Uzbek: “Vesterbork konslageri”
- Western Frisian: “Kamp Westerbork”
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