Belzec Extermination Camp
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| Locations | Bełżec |
|---|---|
| General Government | |
| German-occupied Poland | |
| Commandant | Christian Wirth |
| Dec. 1941 | |
| Gottlieb Hering | |
| Aug. 1942 | |
| June 1943 | |
| Number of gas chambers | 3 (later 6) |
| Killed | Est. 434,508–600,000 |
| Liberated by | The Soviet Union |
| war | |
| Built by | Richard Thomalla |
| Lorenz Hackenholt | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1165902 |
About Belzec Extermination Camp
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp built by the SS for the purpose of implementing the secretive Operation Reinhard, the plan to eradicate Polish Jewry, a key part of the "Final Solution" which entailed the murder of some 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
Belzec extermination camp Photos
