Quarters Dossin (Mechelen)
Belgium /
Antwerpen /
Mechelen /
Goswin de Stassartstraat, 137-149
World
/ Belgium
/ Antwerpen
/ Mechelen
World / Belgium / Vlaanderen / Antwerpen / Mechelen
Holocaust, barracks, listed building / architectural heritage, 1750s construction
Former infantry barracks erected in 1756 by Maria Theresa of Austria.
Current name: Quarters Lt. Gen. Baron Dossin.
In 1914, during World War II weapons depot and infamous barracks from which Jews were deported.
Afterwards the building was used as a school for paymasters and secretaries and since 1951 as a training center for military administrative services.
Protected architectural heritage (ID: 3617).
Current name: Quarters Lt. Gen. Baron Dossin.
In 1914, during World War II weapons depot and infamous barracks from which Jews were deported.
Afterwards the building was used as a school for paymasters and secretaries and since 1951 as a training center for military administrative services.
Protected architectural heritage (ID: 3617).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen_transit_camp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°2'2"N 4°28'40"E
- Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp site 419 km
- Dora concentration camp 439 km
- Concentration Camp Memorial Neuengamme 474 km
- WWII Auschwitz Restricted Area (Interessengebiet KL Auschwitz) 1039 km
- Former Auschwitz II Birkenau Extermination Camp 1043 km
- WWII Auschwitz Victims' Cremains Dumping Ground 1044 km
- WWII Era IG Farben Barracks Complex 1049 km
- Dwory S.A. Chemical Works (former I.G. Farben Buna Werke) 1049 km
- Site of Kraków-Płaszów German Concentration Camp 1099 km
- Remains of former Treblinka extermination camp 1218 km
- Delhaize 0.4 km
- Van Kesbeeck bridge 0.4 km
- Large Beguinage 0.4 km
- The Anker Brewery & The Hotel Carolus 0.4 km
- Saint Rumbold's Cathedral 0.6 km
- Antoon Spinoy Cultural Centre 0.6 km
- Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion 0.6 km
- City Hall 0.7 km
- Tidal Lock, Benedensluis 0.7 km
- Sint-Katelijne-Waver (municipality) 5.1 km