National Monument Kamp Vught

Behind the Nazi’s death-machinery stood an army of ordinary bureaucrats who planned mass extinction with terrifying accuracy. Customary index cards, still a common office supply today, were used to register every deportee.

This installation commemorates the 32,000 prisoners of Kamp Vught, a former concentration camp in the Netherlands. The colourful allure arouses observers’ attention before its sombre meaning reveals, reflecting the desk criminals’ thoughtless empathy.

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Red Cross employees using the index cards to locate missing persons.

Anne Frank’s index card (Bergen-Belsen Konzentrationslager, DE)

Deported teacher’s index card, anonymised (Kamp Vught, NL)

Kamp Vught, 1945, and Penitentiary Institution Vught, today