Liberation route Vught
The route in and around Vught serves to remind us of many life-changing events during the Second World War. One of the blackest pages in local history was the construction of Camp Vught, an SS concentration camp.
Remembering Camp Vught
The route in and around Vught serves to remind us of many life-changing events during the Second World War. One of the blackest pages in local history was the construction of Camp Vught, an SS concentration camp. Many tens of thousands of Dutch people have been detained here. More than 12,000 Jews were taken from Camp Vught to the extermination camps in the east. The stories, monuments and museums on this route serve to remind us of the darkness of war and the importance of peace and freedom.
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Signage Liberation Route Brabant
Follow the signs with 'Liberation Route'. These are hung below the regular junction signs.
Signage Liberation Route Brabant
Follow the signs with 'Liberation Route'. These are hung below the regular junction signs.
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Van der Valk hotel ’s-Hertogenbosch-Vught
Imagine waking up in the morning with a view of the open fields and waterways of the Bossche Broek, getting your metabolic rate into trim in the fitness club, and then indulging yourself during a live cooking breakfast.
Poeldonk monument
On 12 May 1940, the hamlet of Poeldonk was on fire. Several farms burned down. Dutch soldiers fiercely fought against the advancing Germans at Dungen bridge. An unequal battle with five casualties on the German side and at least three on the Dutch side. A
Monument Silent Wings
This monument reminds the residents of Den Dungen of the more than two thousand gliders that landed in occupied territory during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
I opened the door myself
On May 4, 1942, 460 prominent Dutch people are arrested. Politicians, professors, clergy, musicians, lawyers, and writers are taken hostage in an attempt by the German occupiers to get a hold on the Dutch resistance.
Seminary Beekvliet
During the Second World War, seminary Beekvliet housed one of the hostage camps where the story 'I opened the door myself' (point 4 on the map) takes place. Of the hostages who were imprisoned here for a short or long time, entrepreneur Frits Philips, com
Lunchcafé Toren4
Located in the village centre of Sint-Michielsgestel, just five kilometres from the historic city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch, bicycle and lunch café Toren4 serves the best lunch in the area.
Halder Bridge
The Halderse Brug (Halder bridge) was on the old road to Sint-Michielsgestel. This is now a dead end, because the post-war bridge has been demolished. To slow down the Allied advance, the Germans blew up the Halder Bridge in 1944. However, the British inf
Huize Bergen Estate
Hidden away in beautiful parkland, the Huize Bergen Estate is housed in a listed country villa dating from 1916. You can enjoy contemporary comfort with the homely ambiance of days gone by among centuries old trees on this seven hectare park.
Listening Column - Air Armada Above Vught
From the balcony of Huize Bergen, the Vught villa where he has set up his headquarters, German Generaloberst Kurt Student looks in astonishment at the sky on Sunday, September 17, 1944.
Huize Bergen Estate
Hidden away in beautiful parkland, the Huize Bergen Estate is housed in a listed country villa dating from 1916. You can enjoy contemporary comfort with the homely ambiance of days gone by among centuries old trees on this seven hectare park.
Villa Roucouleur
In November 1941, the Germans requisitioned Villa Roucouleur. They established an office for the Beauftragte of Brabant, the highest German civilian administrator. Just before the liberation of Vught, General Kurt Student had his headquarters here. After
Vught Museum
The Vught Museum is located in the former Saint Peter's Church. Here, you can learn all about the history of Vught, including the hardships during World War II.
Nine Square Meters of Revenge
Suze Aarts spends her childhood years in boarding schools both in the Netherlands and abroad. After a failed affair, she ends up as an unmarried mother in Amsterdam. In the summer of 1943, she accepts the offer to become an Aufseherin (female camp guard) in Vught.
George and Ursula
As the war progresses, the persecution of Jews in Europe takes increasingly severe forms. Concentration camps are built in various places across Europe, including in North Brabant.
Camp Vught National Memorial
Camp Vught National Memorial is located on the site of the only SS concentration camp to have been established in the Netherlands, around five kilometres from the centre of ’s-Hertogenbosch.
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