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Westerbork transit camp
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<p>Camp Westerbork , also known as Westerbork transit camp, was a <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">Nazi</a> transit camp in the <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands/kqYoVzuk">province</a> of <a href="/facts/Drenthe/hCIgll2M">Drenthe</a> in the Northeastern <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>, during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. It was located in the <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands/FTWN3d8A">municipality</a> of <a href="/facts/Westerbork_(village)/yFMQDm1N">Westerbork</a>, current-day <a href="/facts/Midden-Drenthe/aLIS8fYq">Midden-Drenthe</a>. Camp Westerbork was used as a staging location for sending <a href="/facts/Jews/T9Y4wE6A">Jews</a>, <a href="/facts/Sinti/5jp9rxzp">Sinti</a> and <a href="/facts/Romani_people/HAj6w0kU">Roma</a> to <a href="/facts/Internment/fMT7HaTK">concentration camps</a> elsewhere. </p>