Belzec extermination camp
Extermination camp in Poland
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was built by the SS for the purpose of implementing the secretive Operation Reinhard, the plan to murder all Polish Jews, a major part of the "Final Solution", the overall Nazi... Wikipedia
Built by: Richard Thomalla (layout); Lorenz Hackenholt (gas chambers)
Commandant: Christian Wirth (Dec. 1941 – Aug. 1942); Gottlieb Hering (Aug. 1942 – June 1943)
Coordinates: 50°22′18″N 23°27′27″E / 50.37167°N 23.45750°E
First built: 1 November 1941 – March 1942
Inmates: Polish, German, Czech, Ukrainian and Austrian Jews
Known for: Annihilation of Europe's Jews in the Holocaust
Number of gas chambers: 3 (later 6)