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Extermination camp logo #21000 Extermination camps (or death camps) were camps during World War II (1939–45) built by Nazi Germany to systematically kill millions of people by execution (primarily by gassing) and extreme work under starvation conditions. Initiated with the Action T4 programme, it was adapted, expanded and applied to victims from many groups; however, Jews bec...
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extermination camp

extermination camp logo #21003Nazi German concentration camp that specialized in the mass annihilation (Vernichtung) of unwanted persons in the Third Reich and conquered ... [9 related articles]
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Extermination Camp logo #24024Six major camps designed and built for the sole purpose of killing Jews. These were Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor and Treblinka.
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