Concentration Camp Washing Facilities (Kamp Vught, The Netherlands)

Concentration Camp Washing Facilities (Kamp Vught, The Netherlands)

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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