Amersfoort concentration camp

Nazi police and transit camp in the Netherlands

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.

The watchtower of the camp

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.