Gatehouse 22
The tracks are gone, but the gatehouse still stands. This road used to be the main connection between Veghel and Uden.
The tracks are gone, but the gatehouse still stands. This road used to be the main connection between Veghel and Uden, and was therefore very busy. It’s no surprise that extra supervision was needed here.
At the end of World War II, a train carrying prisoners passed along the tracks that once lay here. The prisoners came from Camp Vught, which the occupiers hastily evacuated. Two thousand of them were transported in cattle wagons to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
The resistance had planned a rescue operation not far from where you’re standing now. Sadly, it was called off at the last moment—it was simply too dangerous.
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