13 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- In Poland, The Belzec Concentration Camp opened for operation with a transport of 6,000 Jews from Mielec, Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
16 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- Belzec Concentration Camp was established in occupied Poland for the purpose of holding and exterminating Jews from Lublin and Galicia. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
17 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- In Aktion Reinhard, Jews from Lublin, Poland were sent to the nearby Belzec concentration camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
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