Knowra Extermination camp Extermination camp A Nazi camp established primarily to murder deported people, especially Jews, during the Holocaust. Most victims were killed soon after arrival, chiefly in gas chambers.
Gas chamber : A sealed chamber used to kill people with poisonous gas. Gas chambers were the principal killing method at several Nazi extermination camps.
Chełmno extermination camp : A Nazi killing center in occupied Poland where victims were murdered chiefly in gas vans. Chełmno relied on mobile gas vans rather than fixed gas chambers.
Final Solution : The Nazi plan to murder all Jews in Europe, implemented through shootings, deportations, and killing centers. The extermination camps became central sites for carrying out this genocidal policy.
Holocaust : The genocide of approximately six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The camps were central instruments within the wider genocide of European Jews.
Nazi concentration camp : A camp in the Nazi system of imprisonment, persecution, forced labor, and murder. Extermination camps were distinct from the broader concentration-camp system, though functions sometimes overlapped.
Deportation of Jews during the Holocaust : The forced transport of Jews from Nazi-controlled territories to ghettos, camps, and killing sites. Deportation delivered victims from across Europe to the camps.
Bełżec extermination camp : A Nazi killing center in occupied Poland where nearly all deportees were murdered, mainly in gas chambers using carbon monoxide. Bełżec was a dedicated killing center with very few survivors.
Operation Reinhard : The German operation that murdered roughly 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland, chiefly at Bełżec, Sobibór, and Treblinka. It established and operated three dedicated killing centers.
Treblinka prisoner uprising : An August 1943 revolt by prisoners at Treblinka extermination camp, during which hundreds escaped. The revolt disrupted the camp and left survivors able to testify about its crimes.
Nazi forced labor camp : A Nazi camp where prisoners were exploited for labor under brutal conditions, often with lethal consequences. Forced labor was the primary purpose of these camps, unlike dedicated killing centers.
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