The Jewish Holocaust: Westerbork And Bergen-Belsen

It is a well-known fact that the Jewish Holocaust was a time of death and despair. Lasting throughout the 1940’s, countless innocent Jews were deported into ghettos, labor camps, and even death camps where mass exterminations would then occur. Indeed, the camp system was, without a doubt, cruel and unforgivable. However, two particular camps of that time period, known as Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen, would not only be connected by railroads, but as well as a young girl named Anne Frank.
Initially, some may be wondering what exactly Westerbork was. Located in the northeastern Dutch province of Drenthe, Westerbork was a transit concentration camp that transported Jewish prisoners to death camps around Europe. (“Westerbork,” Widoger) Despite