Westerbork – Bergen Belsen, a memorial cycling route
This memorial route is a cycling trip following the railway line between the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen Belsen and the Dutch transit camp Westerbork. This cross-border cycling route between Germany and the Netherlands retraces the stories of Jews and resistance fighters who were deported to Nazi camps during the Second World War.

Bergen-Belsen Memorial
contemporary

Camp Westerbork National Memorial Centre
contemporary

Camp Westerbork finally liberated
audiospot

The lost Jewish community of Delmenhorst
historical

Etty Hillesum and her time in Westerbork camp
historical

Cato Bontjes van Beek: German resistance fighter
historical

The fate of Jewish families in Zuidlaren
contemporary

The reception of Heimatvertriebenen in Apen

Jakob de Jonge: the Jewish entrepreneur

Zuidbroek train station

The Jewish community in Winschoten

Esterwegen memorial site

Five Groningen resistants executed in Leer

Carl von Ossietzky: Pacifist, journalist, and Nobel Peace prize laureate

Valentin submarine Bunker

Sachsenhain: Himmler’s Legacy

The deadly chaos at Soltau train station

naar Westerbork
Length: 20.16 km
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naar Westerbork
Length: 26.63 km
Route from None

naar Westerbork
Length: 12.5 km
Route from None