Collection of the Amersfoort transit camp in the Netherlands, dated, 1942-1964 Amersfoort camp was built by the Dutch Army in 1939; following the German occupation in 1940, the Germans started to use the camp as a rest place for the German soldiers; the German authorities decided to expand the camp in 1941 and to turn it into a transit camp, called Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort; approximately 35,000 inmates passed through Amersfoort camp during the war, most of them political prisoners, but also Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, marginal people, people who refused to do labor, hostages, and criminals; Russian and American POWs were also imprisoned in the camp during 1941-1942; approximately 20,000 inmates were transferred to Germany; among the prison guards there were many Dutchmen, who were collaborators with the Nazis; Amersfoort camp was transferred to the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands following the liberation in 1945, and SS men and Dutch collaborators were imprisoned in the camp; Amersfoort camp returned to its use as a Dutch Army camp in 1946; Included in the collection: Lists of inmates in Amersfoort camp, and internal questionnaires of Amersfoort camp, 1942-1945; Diaries and reports written by former Amersfoort camp inmates, lists of people who perished in Amersfoort camp, and administrative documents of Amersfoort camp, 1942-1947; Legal documents against Nazis who were active in Amersfoort camp, lists of sick inmates in Amersfoort camp, announcements regarding the death of inmates of Amersfoort camp, lists of inmates who were executed in Amersfoort camp, confirmations of the identification of corpses in graves, lists of transports, letters and diaries, 1942-1948; Documents regarding the deportation of Jews from Westerbork camp, dated, 1942-1949; Legal documentation regarding war criminals who were active in Amersfoort camp, diaries of Amersfoort camp inmates who labored in the NSF factory, and documents related to graves discovered in the vicinity of Amersfoort camp, dated, 1943-1964.