In the penal camp at Vught, 7000 Dutch collaborators and land traitors are locked up. Soldiers of the Dutch Stoottroepen are in charge of the security, especially of the 300 Dutch SS men. Led by the camp commander, Major L. Mennes, and his aides, these prisoners are used to clear the area around Vught of land mines, among other things. They were dressed in the blue and white striped prisoner's uniforms of the former Dutchmen captured by the Germans. The prisoners receive the minimum civilian ration, which is also reduced because all delicacies have been taken off. They spend their days here under a strict regime awaiting their final trial. Photo: Shaving is allowed and done by the prisoners themselves. The question is whether it makes the appearance of the traitors more attractive., June 1945, collaborators, internment camps, World War II, purges, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
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