The small town of Vught was the site of Kamp Herzogenbusch, better known during the war as “Kamp Vught.” The camp was primarily for Dutch and Belgian resistors and political prisoners though it held several thousand Jews as well. Vught, unlike Westerbork, was built by the Germans themselves in 1942 and its first prisoners arrived in 1943. It held many Jews caught near the end of the Jewish roundups and deportations, after Westerbork had been functioning for years. As the camp was run directly by the SS, it was known for the brutality with which prisoners were treated. The camp held a total of 18,000 people.