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Killing Centers (Abridged Article) - Photograph

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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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Aerial photograph showing gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Aerial photograph showing the gas chambers and crematoria 2 and 3 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz II) killing center Auschwitz, Poland, August 25, 1944.

Aerial photograph showing the gas chambers and crematoria 2 and 3 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz II) killing center. Auschwitz, Poland, August 25, 1944.

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A warehouse at Auschwitz that held clothing taken from victims

One of many warehouses at Auschwitz in which the Germans stored clothing belonging to victims of the camp.

One of many warehouses at Auschwitz in which the Germans stored clothing belonging taken from victims of the camp. This photograph was taken after the liberation of the camp. Auschwitz, Poland, after January 1945.

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Prisoners arriving at the Belzec killing center

A column of prisoners arrives at the Belzec killing center.

A column of prisoners arrives at the Belzec killing center. Belzec, Poland, ca. 1942.

In early 1940 the Germans set up a forced-labor camp for Jewish prisoners in Belzec. The inmates were forced to build fortifications and dig anti-tank ditches along the demarcation line between Germany and Soviet-occupied Poland. The camp was closed down at the end of 1940. The following year, in November 1941, construction began on the Belzec killing center.

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