Amersfoort concentration camp

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The watchtower of the camp

Amersfoort concentration camp (Dutch: Kamp Amersfoort, German: Durchgangslager Amersfoort) was a Nazi concentration camp in Amersfoort, Netherlands. The official name was "Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort", P.D.A. or Police Transitcamp Amersfoort.

Between 1941 and 1945, over 35,000 prisoners were kept here. The camp was in the southern part of Amersfoort, on the city limit between Amersfoort and Leusden in central Netherlands.