Major deportations to killing centers, 1942-1944

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).