Belzec (English: / ˈ b ɛ l. z ɛ k / or / ˈ b ɛ l. ʒ ɛ t s /, Polish: [ˈbɛu̯ʐɛt͡s]) was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was built by the SS for the purpose of implementing …

Dec 7, 2020 · Belzec was the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to close, in December 1942. By the time deportations to the killing center halted, German authorities had murdered …

Belzec, Nazi German complex of concentration camps and an extermination camp in and near the village of Bełżec along the Lublin-Lviv railway line in the Lublin province of German-occupied …

elzec extermination camp, the model for two others in the “Aktion Reinhard” murder program, started as a labor camp in April 1940. Situated in the Lublin district, it was conveniently …

Apr 9, 2025 · Along with Auschwitz, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka, Belzec was one of the six major Nazi death camps during the Holocaust. It was a killing center established …

On January 27, 2025, the projection hall of the Museum and Memorial Site in Bełżec hosted a unique artistic event as part of the International… A group of last Jewish prisoners, employed …

May 17, 2021 · Explore key events in the history of the Belzec killing center in the Nazi camp system. It was constructed for the sole purpose of murdering Jews.

Bełżec (pronounced [ˈbɛu̯ʐɛt͡s], in German: Belzec), was a Nazi extermination camp (a death camp) during the Holocaust. It operated during World War II, from 17 March 1942 to the end of …

The Belzec trial (German: Belzec-Prozess, Polish: proces Bełżec) in the mid-1960s was a war crimes trial of eight former SS members of Bełżec extermination camp.

It is estimated that about 600,000 Jews were murdered at Belzec and probably dozen thousands of Gypsies. In the first phase of its operations, 80,000 Jews were killed, having been brought …