This daytrip from Amsterdam is essential to anyone who’s family members were affected by the war. Amsterdam and The Netherlands have a large Jewish population which is unfortunately not as large as it should be, due to WWII. A visit to Westerbork is a chilling reminder of that horrible time – and a chance to pay your respects.
Everyone knows that the Dutch had a hard time of things during the Second World War, but nobody quite understands the scale of the atrocities until they visit places like Westerbork. Visits to former concentration camps should be a part of everyone’s education. It is like an old world pilgrimage. Rather than going to visit a temple, we should visit the places where atrocities happened to educate ourselves so that it does not happen again.
Westerbork is the concentration camp where they sent Anne Frank. Nowadays the site is preserved, with a museum added in memorial. This deal includes a private car which will pick you up from your Amsterdam hotel and drop you back there 8 hours later.
Roughly 102,000 jews died between the Nazi concentration camps in a noticeably short period of time. Camp Westerbork was considered ‘humane’ by the Nazis – even though most of the people that went there did not return.
This is not a trip you take for fun, it’s a trip you take in homage,
Details of the Concentration Camp Daytrip:
- Learn about Sinti and Roma
- Educate yourself on the holocaust
- Pay your respects
- 8 hour round trip in a private vehicle
- Pickup and tour guide come with the deal
