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Like all extermination camps it was small as nearly all prisoners were killed as soon as possible after arrival. The only exceptions were those selected to help the Nazis sort the belongings of the victims and to dispose of the corpses. Belzec was almost square and measured approximately 275m by 275m except on one side.
275 x 275 sq. metres is about 18.7 acres.
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How many death camps were open before Auschwitz?
Chelmno and Belzec came into operation as an extermination camp a few months before Auschwitz II.
How many extermination camps were there in the holocaust?
There were six extermination (or 'death') camps in the Holocaust which were located at: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, Treblinka. That is the 'accepted list', but the role of Majdanek is not clear and there was also an extermination camp at Maly Trostinets near Minsk.
Was Auschwitz a POW camp?
No, it was a concentration camp/extermination camp but it did have many POWs
How many extermination camps were in Europe?
By 1941, the Nazis began building Chelmno, the first extermination camp (also called death camp), in order to "exterminate" both Jews and Gypsies. In 1942, three more death camps were built (Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec) and used solely for mass murder. Around this time, killing centers were also added at the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek. So i would say 6 or more.
How many Jews were killed in Malytrostenets extermination camp?
65,000 Jews were killed.
