extermination camps
Systematic murder facilities
Extermination camps were Nazi facilities designed specifically for mass murder, primarily of Jews, during World War II.
Unlike concentration camps, which exploited prisoners for labor, extermination camps existed solely to kill—most victims were gassed within hours of arrival.
The six main camps (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Chełmno, Bełżec, Majdanek) killed an estimated three million people.
The term now applies to any facility built for systematic genocide.
- forced laborCompelled toil, no consent
- death squadsParamilitary execution groups
- internmentsForced confinements, often wartime
- killing fieldsSites of mass execution
- military prisonsDetention for armed forces
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Protected places of refuge
refuges · safe havens · refugee camps · hospitals · maternity wards
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Organized efforts aiding those suffering
rescue operations · liberation efforts · underground railroads · Kindertransport
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