As my kids get older, encouraging them to visit museums with me is often greeted with a questionable expression. So, when I told my kids that we were going to visit a 600-year-old prison museum, there was a spark of enthusiasm. Museum Gevangenpoort or the Prison Gate Museum is a…
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Day Trips
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Kamp Vught
I did not know that there was a concentration camp in the Netherlands. “Kamp Vught” was actually the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Did you know this fact? Vught is a village a few kilometers south of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (colloquially known as Den Bosch),…
North Brabant
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Justitiele Inrichtingen Vught
So, I was visiting Museum Vught – a former and the only SS concentration camp outside Nazi Germany during the Second World War. And this striking building was right next to it. It says “Justitiele Inrichtingen Vught”. “Something justice institution?”, I asked out loud. “It’s a prison!”, replied my hubby….