entrance to Belzec extermination camp memorial site first of the Nazi German extermination camps
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David Collingwood / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B9H1JJFile size:
60 MB (2.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5609 x 3740 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2009Location:
Bełżec in the Lublin district of the General Government PolandMore information:
Belzec extermination camp memoria sight, Belzec, Polish spelling Bełżec [ˈbɛu̯ʐɛt͡s], was the first of the Nazi German extermination camps created for implementing Operation Reinhard during the Holocaust. Operating from March 17, 1942 to the end of December 1942, the camp was situated in German-occupied Poland about 1 km south of the local railroad station of Bełżec in the Lublin district of the General Government. Between 430, 000 and 500, 000 Jews are believed to have been killed by German Nazis at Bełżec, along with an unknown number of Poles and Roma; only one or two Jews are known to have survived Bełżec and the war: Rudolf Reder and Chaim Hirszman.The lack of survivors, who could have given testimony, is the primary reason why this camp is so little known despite the enormous number of victims