Etiket: Westerbork
Survivors of last transport Westerbork: ‘We don’t talk about the war’
This month, the former Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany invited all survivors of the camp to a memorial gathering, writes the NOS. And so nine ‘unknown children’ from the Netherlands,…
Eline Jongsma’s great-grandfather was an NSB mayor. For Kamp Westerbork she made a documentary about this hidden family history
It has been about ten years since Eline Jongsma (42) sat at the kitchen table with her father. There she heard, almost through her lips, that her great-grandfather was a…
Woman suspected of attempted murder in Westerbork restaurant
The 32-year-old woman from Hoogeveen who is detained for a stabbing incident in a restaurant in Westerbork is suspected of attempted murder. That became apparent today during the first short…
Elly walks the last leg of Drenthepad over Camp Westerbork: ‘It made me quiet’
The tour started in Elp, to walk via the Ieberenplas, pieces of forest and grassland towards Camp Westerbork. A beautiful, but also historic place, which made Elly quiet for a…
The week of Drenthe: Commemoration Camp Westerbork and a nitrogen breakfast
It’s the week of summer vacation. It can now be celebrated in Drenthe too. At the Hof van Saksen holiday park in Nooitgedacht it was already quite full on Monday.…
Commemoration of the first transport from Camp Westerbork to Auschwitz, exactly 80 years ago
It’s a pitch black day in history. Exactly 80 years ago, the first train to Auschwitz departed from Camp Westerbork. After the first transport, many more deportations followed. Today relatives,…
Living statues entertain Westerbork during Stiefkiek’n
The streets of Westerbork were again full of living statues for the first time in two years. Mainly to entertain the audience, but the contestants also competed for the title…
New exhibition Kamp Westerbork shows that after almost eighty years the war is still closer than you think
Alex is only thirteen years old when he is taken away by train to Sobibor. Where he ends up in the gas chamber. His father survives the war and has…
Girls group 6 of the Lindelaar from Westerbork meritorious second in northern championships
The girls of group 6 of the Lindelaar in Westerbork became reserve champions of the three northern provinces during the northern championships in Jubbega. Although the final was lost, this…
Relatives come to Camp Westerbork for identification film: ‘Circle is complete’
Eduard Braunberger and Geertruida Fransman Eduard Braunberger was born on July 22, 1909 in Amsterdam, Geertruida Fransman on November 28, 1917. They married on September 26, 1940. Accountant Eduard and…