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A sign outside the Breendonk transit camp warning that trespassers will be shot. [LCID: 10348]
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Breendonk

The Breendonk internment camp (1940-1944) was established in Belgium after the Nazi invasion. It housed fewer than 4,000 prisoners throughout the war. Explore more content related to the Breendonk camp during the Holocaust. 

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The barbed wire fence that enclosed the Breendonk concentration camp.
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Breendonk
Breendonk internment camp, 1942 [LCID: brd22040]
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Breendonk internment camp, 1942
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Breendonk - Photographs
View of the courtyard in the Breendonk fortress prison where prisoners lined up for roll call. [LCID: 41207]
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Courtyard used for roll call in Breendonk transit camp
Entrance to the Breendonk internment camp. Breendonk, Belgium, 1940-1944. [LCID: 41203]
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Entrance to the Breendonk internment camp
Three SS officers at the Breendonk internment camp: from left, First Lieutenant Hans Kantschuster, Master Sergeant Walter Mueller, ... [LCID: 24158]
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SS officers at the Breendonk internment camp
A view of the Breendonk internment camp. Breendonk, Belgium, postwar. [LCID: 41204]
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The Breendonk camp
A sign outside the Breendonk transit camp warning that trespassers will be shot. [LCID: 10348]
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Warning sign at the Breendonk camp

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