Amakamu okuhlushwa eNetherlands: Amersfoort

Ikamu lokuhlushwa lase-Amersfoort kwakuyikamu lokuhlushwa lamaNazi edolobheni lase I-Amersfoort ukuthi phakathi neminyaka ka-1941 kuya ku-1945, kuneziboshwa ezingaphezu kuka-35.000 ezaziboshwe lapha.

Ikamu lalisengxenyeni eseningizimu ye-Amersfoort, emngceleni ophakathi kwaleli dolobha ne-Amersfoort Leusden maphakathi neHolland. Yabizwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi yiPolizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort (Amaphoyisa aseCamp Amersfoort Traffic), eyaziwa kangcono njengeKamp Amersfoort, njengamanje ikumasipala ongumakhelwane waseLeusden.

Kuhulumeni waseJalimane, i-Amersfoort kwakuyikamu lamaphoyisa (iPolizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort). Akukho imininingwane eminingi ebhaliwe ngezimo zokuphila kuleli kamu. Okwaziwayo ukuthi izinkulungwane zabantu baseDashi nabaseBelgium bathola ukuphathwa ngonya nangonya ezandleni zamaNazi futhi amakhulu abulawa kulekamu.

Esigabeni sokuqala sezinyathelo zamaNazi ezibhekiswe enkambini yamaJuda i-Amersfoort abantu basetshenziselwa ukuvalela base bexosha amaJuda e-Amersfoort. Ngo-1941, kwakuhlala ama-Amersfoort amaJuda angamakhulu ayisishiyagalombili namashumi amabili. Umasipala ekuqaleni wayemelana nezinyathelo zokulwa namaJuda, kepha wehluleka ukuvimba ukuqedwa kwamaJuda empilweni yezomnotho namasiko e-Amersfoort.

Ngo-Ephreli 22, 1943 iningi labantu abangamaJuda ekamu lase-Amersfoort ladluliselwa ekamu lokuhlushwa laseVught, elinye lamakamu amaNazi eNetherlands. Basuka lapho badingiselwa ePoland ukuze baqedwe. Ngemuva kwalolo suku, ikamu lalinenkinga yokwaziwa yekamu lokuhlushwa.

Impilo yayinzima kakhulu futhi ikhathaza iziboshwa. Ababaleki abaningi badutshulwa yi-SS. AmaJuda amaningi aseDashi ajoyina abanye emizamweni yokuphunyuka. Iningi lidutshulwe ama-SS, kepha abanye babalekela bajoyina i-Resistance ebisebenza kuwo wonke amazwe amaNazi.

Ngesikhathi senkululeko kwabalwa abasinda abangamakhulu amane neshumi nanhlanu kuphela. Cishe akekho noyedwa kulabo abasinda owayengamaJuda. Sekukonke, iziboshwa ezilinganiselwa ku-37.000 zabhaliswa e-Amersfoort.


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