National Monument Camp Vught

National Monument Camp Vught
Nationaal Monument Kamp Vught
Established	April 18, 1990
Location	Lunettenlaan, Vught
Architect	Claus en Kaan Architecten
Website	Official website

Video impression of the museum, 2013

Contemplation room with the names of all the men, women, and children who did not survive their stay in Camp Vught

National Monument Camp Vught is a memorial site with a museum located in Vught, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It commemorates the concentration camp known as Kamp Vught that was established there during World War II. The memorial was founded in 1990, with an exhibition building added in 2002. The monument is located on the northeastern tip of the former camp grounds.

Outdoor area

The outdoor area features a reconstructed half barrack, number 13b, and several reconstructed watchtowers. The watchtowers are lower than the original ones to prevent visibility over the walls of the nearby penitentiary facility located on the former camp grounds.^{[citation needed]}

The former crematorium of the concentration camp is also situated on the outdoor area; it is the only museum element that has not been reconstructed. Within the crematorium, the cell in which the Bunker Tragedy took place has been recreated. At the rear of the building, there is the Monument of the Lost Children.^{[citation needed]}

Barrack 1b

Barrack 1b is the only remaining original barrack of the concentration camp. It is not located within the monument area but in another part of the former camp, near the Engineers Museum (Geniemuseum).^[1] During the war, the barrack housed the mail department and a canteen. After being relocated to the Netherlands following the Indonesian National Revolution, Moluccan KNIL soldiers and their families were housed in the camp, and this barrack served as a church space. All other barracks were demolished before 1992. This last barrack fell into disuse in 1996 and deteriorated. It was restored in 2012.^[2]