Belzec was among the killing centers the SS established for the mass murder of European Jews. It was one of four camps linked to Operation Reinhard, the plan to murder almost two million Jews living in the so-called Generalgouvernement. Between March and December 1942, approximately 434,500 Jews were deported and killed there.
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