Huis van Bewaring (Detention Centre) I - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 14

Huis van Bewaring (Detention Centre) I was located at Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 14 (between Weteringschans and Leidseplein).^[1] During World War II, the Sipo-SD used part of the building as a Polizeigefängnis, to temporarily hold detainees - Jews, resistance fighters, but also black-marketeers - for interrogation. From there, detainees were usually sent on to other holding facilities and camps, such as the Oranjehotel in Scheveningen or concentration and transit camps like Westerbork, Amersfoort and Vught.^[2] The prison was closed in 1979 and its inmates transferred to the Bijlmerbajes. The building on Weteringschans was given a new purpose.