Southern Netherlands
North Brabant
Vught

Monument to the Lost Children

The Monument to the Lost Children is a in , Netherlands. The monument is located on the grounds of the National Monument Camp Vught and was erected to commemorate the children's transports on June 6 and 7, 1943, from via to Sobibór.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial in Vught, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Kindermonument” and “Kindermonument Kamp Vught”
  • Inscription: “HET KIND IS ER NIET...EN IK, WAAR MOET IK HEEN! GEN. 37 : 30”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herzogenbusch concentration camp and Nieuw Vosseveld.

Museum
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Herzogenbusch was a Nazi concentration camp located in near the city of , Netherlands. The camp was opened in 1943 and held 31,000 prisoners. is situated 170 metres south of Monument to the Lost Children.

Prison
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is a high-security penal institution in , . It is part of the Custodial Institutions Agency of the Ministry of Justice and Security. is situated 260 metres southwest of Monument to the Lost Children.

Museum
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is situated 760 metres south of Monument to the Lost Children.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cromvoirt and Deuteren.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of .

Neighborhood
is a hamlet in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 2 km west of the city centre. is situated 3 km northeast of Monument to the Lost Children.

Neighborhood
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km northeast of Monument to the Lost Children.

Monument to the Lost Children

Latitude
51.66696° or 51° 40′ 1″ north
Longitude
5.25838° or 5° 15′ 30″ east
Inception
September 5th, 1999
Open location code
9F37M785+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1019462892
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q1807105
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In Other Languages

“Monument to the Lost Children” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kindergedenkteken”
  • Dutch: “Monument der verloren kinderen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught and Lunettenbrug.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument to the Lost Children”. Photo: bertknot, CC BY-SA 2.0.