In the penal camp at Vught, 7000 Dutch collaborators and 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 prison suits of the former Dutchmen captured by the Germans. The prisoners are given the minimum civilian ration, which has also been reduced because all the delicacies have been taken away. They spend their days here under a strict regime awaiting their final trial. Photo: A soldier of the Dutch shock troops, who was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Vught during the German occupation, discovers among the imprisoned Dutch S.S. men a former guard, who has made his life difficult, June 1945, wars, war, 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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