![Major deportations to killing centers, 1942-1944 [LCID: eur78940]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7bbc2613-3771-45d9-b906-a740cc398124.gif "Major deportations to killing centers, 1942-1944 [LCID: eur78940]")
This map shows some of the major deportations of Jews from all over Europe to Nazi killing centers in 1942–1944. It depicts transports from transit camps, ghettos, and major cities. Most Jews on these transports were murdered in gas chambers upon their arrival at the killing centers. The Nazis and their allies and collaborators coordinated these deportations as part of the “Final Solution”—the Nazi plan to murder all of Europe’s Jews
On this map, the Majdanek camp is marked as a killing center. In the past, many scholars counted Majdanek (located just outside the city of Lublin) as a sixth killing center. However, based on newer research, Majdanek is usually classified as a concentration camp (officially Konzentrationslager Lublin).
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Auschwitz was a Nazi concentration camp complex located in German-occupied Poland. Unlike other Nazi concentration camps, it also included a killing center where the Nazis murdered Jews in gas chambers. In total, the Nazis deported 1.1 million Jewish people to Auschwitz from all over Europe. Most were murdered in the gas chambers upon arrival. In total, the Nazis murdered about one million Jews in Auschwitz.
Item View![Deportations from ghettos in Poland to Auschwitz [LCID: auc78130]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/262edfdd-3163-49f3-b750-a5e72d5e643e.gif "Deportations from ghettos in Poland to Auschwitz [LCID: auc78130]")
![Major deportations to Belzec, 1942 [LCID: bez78040]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6d8f9e8b-5804-4aa9-83d8-708af9b6fd29.gif "Major deportations to Belzec, 1942 [LCID: bez78040]")
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