Replica of the old shelter village deep in the Veluwe, where resistance fighters, people of Jewish descent and other people who were in danger of persecution by the occupiers were hiding during the Second World War. Tens to hundreds of people found a safe refuge here, until they were accidentally discovered by the Germans. A number of people were shot, the rest escaped.

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A visit to the Hidden Village gives you a penetrating impression of what people in hiding had to endure in the Second World War here in the middle of the woods on the Veluwe.

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November 4, 2020

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The Hidden Village was a hiding camp, also called "Pas-Opkamp" or the Secret Village. It was built during WWII and consisted of 9 huts in this then very dense forest. From April 1943 to October 1944, 86 people found a safe hiding place here.

In October 1944, the village was discovered by chance and 8 of the 86 people in hiding were captured and shot. Today, there are still 3 huts including a memorial.

Accessible by bike and on foot.

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