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Map 15: Internment camps (light grey) and clearing stations (dark grey)
(Source: Appendix 6)
Housed in guarded camps, often in dismal conditions, interned troops had every
incentive to break free. The camp at Zeist provides a good example. In November 1914, the
camp housed about 12,000 Belgians, but conditions there were bleak, especially with the
onset ofwinter. 65 It was badly-insulated, damp, alive with rats, internees had little to do,
65 For a detailed description of the internment camp at Zeist see: Roodt, Oorlogsgasten pp. 45 - 55.