Westerbork transit camp

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Nazi transit camp World War II site detention camp

Westerbork transit camp was a Nazi detention and transit camp in the Netherlands used during World War II to assemble and deport Jews and other persecuted groups to extermination and concentration camps in Eastern Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Westerbork transit camp canonical	12
Westerbork	2
Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi transit camp ⓘ World War II site ⓘ detention camp ⓘ
commemorates	Dutch Jews deported during the Holocaust ⓘ Holocaust victims ⓘ
constructedBy	Government of the Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Dutch government
continent	Europe ⓘ
controlledBy	SS ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
currentUse	memorial site ⓘ museum ⓘ
dateOfLiberation	1945-04-12 ⓘ
dateTakenOver	1942 ⓘ
deportationDestination	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp BergenBelsen ⓘ surface form: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Buchenwald ⓘ surface form: Buchenwald concentration camp Dachau ⓘ surface form: Dachau concentration camp Mauthausen concentration camp ⓘ Ravensbrück concentration camp ⓘ Sobibor ⓘ surface form: Sobibor extermination camp Theresienstadt concentration camp ⓘ surface form: Theresienstadt ghetto
estimatedNumberOfDeportees	approximately 100000 ⓘ
hasFacility	barracks ⓘ hospital ⓘ orchestra ⓘ railway siding ⓘ school ⓘ theatre ⓘ
liberatedBy	Canadian Army ⓘ
locatedIn	Drenthe ⓘ
locatedNear	Hooghalen ⓘ Westerbork transit camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Westerbork
memorialName	Westerbork transit camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork
notablePrisoner	Anne Frank ⓘ Edith Frank ⓘ Etty Hillesum ⓘ Margot Frank ⓘ Philip Mechanicus ⓘ
operatedBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ
originalPurpose	refugee camp for German Jews ⓘ
primaryFunction	detention of persecuted groups ⓘ transit of Jews to extermination camps ⓘ
takenOverBy	Nazi Germany ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ
usedFor	assembly of deportation transports ⓘ imprisonment of Jews ⓘ imprisonment of Roma ⓘ imprisonment of Sinti ⓘ imprisonment of political prisoners ⓘ
yearEstablished	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margot Frank → deportedTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Edith Frank → deportedTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Hermann van Pels → placeOfDetention → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Peter van Pels → placeOfDetention → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Nazi occupation of the Netherlands → deportationTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Westerbork transit camp → locatedNear → Westerbork transit camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westerbork

Westerbork transit camp → memorialName → Westerbork transit camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork

Dutch Jews → deportationFrom → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Edith Holländer → deportedTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Midden-Drenthe → containsSettlement → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westerbork

Auguste van Pels → deportedTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Auguste van Pels → imprisonedIn → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Hannah Elisabeth Goslar → imprisonedIn → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Hanneli Goslar → deportedTo → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ

Goslar family → associatedWith → Westerbork transit camp ⓘ