Herzogenbusch-Gilze-Rijen

Names

Gilze-Rijen

Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen

Aussenkommando Breda

Type

• Forced Labour Camp
• Main Camp
• Subcamp of Herzogenbusch

Dates

Opened: August 1943

Closed: May 1944

Location

Camp: 50.90520/10.06679 Memorial: 50.90615/10.07452

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Population

Approximately 150 prisoners

Almost exclusively black-marketeers.

Mostly repairs on the airbase after bombardments.

Company Names

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Victims and Survivors

Names of victims and survivors, if these are known.

Staff

This camp was run by the SS/Gestapo/Wehrmacht.

Names of SS and other people involved in the exploitation, including convictions where applicable.

Sources

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia I-A page 300