Belzec only operated for less than a year and more than 500,000 died there. --- As a result of the Hoefle (wirelees) telgramme (intercepted by the Allies) the exact number of Jews reported killed at Belzec is known. The SS's own figure is 434,508 Jews. In addition, an unknown number of Roma (gypsies) were also killed. The telegramme was sent after the camp had ceased to operate, so the figure can be regarded as defintive. (Although the telegramme was accurately decrypted, no one was able to work out at the time what it was about).
The number of Jews is known from the Hoefle Telegram, which gave the figure as 434,508. However, the number of gypsies killed there is unknown. Various estimates of about 40,000-60,000 have been given.
According to the Hoefle Telgramm, 434,508 Jews. In addition, an unknown number of Gypsies, too.
Belzec extermination camp was in operation from March to December, 1942. On 11 January 1943 (that is, after the camp had ceased to function) the SS reported that they had killed 434,508 Jews there. An unknown number of gypsies were also killed there. (The wireless message giving the figure was intercepted and decrypted by the Allies, but they couldn't make sense of it at the time).
They were killed with carbon monoxide gas.
35000 Jews died in Bergen-Belsen.
In Bergen Belsen, atleast 50,000 people were murdered during the Holocaust
Between 430,000 and 500,000 are believed to have died at Belzec.
Belzec utilised gas vans.
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Jews, Poles, and Roma were sent to Belzec.
Belzec was an extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. It was one of the three main death camps along with Auschwitz and Treblinka. An estimated 600,000 to 700,000 Jews were murdered in Belzec between 1942 and 1943 through the use of gas chambers and mass shootings. Only a handful of survivors from Belzec are known.
Belzec extermination camp was in operation for only a short time - from March-December 1942. In those nine months the Nazis killed 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies there.
Belzec was an extermination camp. In other words, its sole purpose was to kill. On arrival a handful of the Jews were selected to help with the extermination process, and the rest were ordered to undress "in order to take a shower" and were gassed. At Belzec 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies were killed and there are only two (!) known survivors. "Selection" on a large scale only took place at Auschwitz, which was a combined labour and extermination camp.
who ran the German belzec camp
Jews, Poles, and Roma were sent to Belzec.
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Belzec was in operation from March-December, 1942. In that short period 434,508 Jews were killed there and an unknown number of gypsies.
Aushwitz and Belzec
Belzec was an extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. It was one of the three main death camps along with Auschwitz and Treblinka. An estimated 600,000 to 700,000 Jews were murdered in Belzec between 1942 and 1943 through the use of gas chambers and mass shootings. Only a handful of survivors from Belzec are known.
Belzec extermination camp was in operation for only a short time - from March-December 1942. In those nine months the Nazis killed 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies there.
Belzec was an extermination camp. In other words, its sole purpose was to kill. On arrival a handful of the Jews were selected to help with the extermination process, and the rest were ordered to undress "in order to take a shower" and were gassed. At Belzec 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies were killed and there are only two (!) known survivors. "Selection" on a large scale only took place at Auschwitz, which was a combined labour and extermination camp.
who ran the German belzec camp
this is a question in poor taste, if you can imagine how a person can feel physical pain, then you have an answer.
Christian Wirth was the commandant of Belzec.
Belzec was an extermination camp.
Belzec extermination (death) camp started gassings on 17 March 1942 and ceased to function by 31 December 1942. In that time 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of Gypsies were killed there. It was the deadliest Nazi camp of all. There are only two(!) known survivors. (Note. A small 'ordinary' concentration camp existed at Belzec from 1940-41).