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Gassing Operations - Photograph

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killing centers Hartheim Hadamar mass atrocities Euthanasia Program Majdanek Auschwitz

The Nazis used gas vans and gas chambers as a method of systematic mass murder. They first experimented with the use of lethal poison gas in the so-called Euthanasia Program. The Nazis later applied gassing methods to murder millions of Jews and other victims at the killing centers. 

Hartheim castle euthanasia killing center

Hartheim castle, a euthanasia killing center where people with physical and mental disabilities were killed by gassing and lethal injection.

Hartheim castle, a euthanasia killing center where people with physical and mental disabilities were killed by gassing and lethal injection. Hartheim, Austria, date uncertain.

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Buses that transported patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia killing center

Buses that transported patients from a public hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia center, where the patients were gassed or killed by lethal injection.

Buses that transported patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia center, where the patients were gassed or killed by lethal injection. Germany, between May and September 1941.

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The site of a gas chamber in France

In August 1943 a gas chamber was installed in this building, seen here after the liberation of the camp, in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.

In August 1943 a gas chamber was installed in this building, seen here after the liberation of the camp, in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. France, 1945.

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Gas chamber at Majdanek

Interior of a gas chamber at the Majdanek camp. Majdanek, Poland, after July 24, 1944.

Interior of a gas chamber at the Majdanek camp. Majdanek, Poland, after July 24, 1944.

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Zyklon B pellets

Zyklon B pellets found at the liberation of the Majdanek camp.

Zyklon B pellets found at the liberation of the Majdanek camp. Poland, after July 1944.

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Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz

Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz immediately after liberation.

Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz. Photograph taken immediately after liberation. Poland, January 1945.

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Personal effects taken from the prisoners at Auschwitz before they were taken to the gas chamber. [LCID: 14877]
Article Gassing Operations

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