The concentration camp washing facilities were very poor. This picture shows the communal washroom in a barracks that housed more than 200 people. As you can see, it’s just a few stone troughs.
Don’t think for a moment that the prisoners had access to warm water. They did not. The Nehterlands is a cold place in winter so trying to keep clean during the winter months would have been a very unpleasant experience.
Although the concentration camp prisoners had to make do with these washing facilties most of the time, they were permitted to take a shower once every 10 days. Again, the water was cold.
This is one of several pictures that are included in the blog post I wrote just after I’d visited Kamp Vught. If you want to read the post, you can do so by clicking on the following link: Kamp Vught: A National Monument with a Sad History
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