Editing Westerbork transit camp (section)

== Liberation ==
Transports came to a halt at Camp Westerbork in September 1944.<ref name=":1" /> [[Allies of World War II|Allied troops]] neared Westerbork in early April 1945 after German officials abandoned the camp. Westerbork was liberated by Canadian forces on 12 April 1945. A total of 876 inmates were found.<ref name=":1" /> The War Diary of the South Saskatchewan Regiment referenced the camp in its entry for 12 April 1945:

:At 0930 hrs Lt-Col V Stott, DSO, accompanied by the I(ntelligence)O(fficer), Lt JD Cade, visited the Jewish Concentration Camp at (map reference) 2480. It was a rather startling sight as you approached the camp to see what is normally the appearance of a penitentiary. It was completely surrounded with barbed wire and had four lookout towers. Approximately 900 people were being held in this camp. The CO visited the officers kitchens and medical room and found the food and medical supplies to be in fairly good condition. While in the kitchen a number of A Co(mpan)y boys were observed helping the girls peel potatoes. It's surprising the influence girls, especially pretty ones, have with soldiers. It's a pity our cooks are unable to apply the same methods. Visiting a camp like this brings home to us the reality of what we are fighting for. It makes the average Canadian indignant and he asks "Who do the Germans think they are that they enclose other humans behind barbed wire simply because they are born Jews!"<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War_Diary_South_Saskatchewan_Regiment_12_and_13_Apr_1945.jpg SSR War Diary]</ref>