Belzec Extermination Camp, established in November 1st, 1941, was initially a slave labor camp. Belzec was located in Eastern Europe. Around 600,000 jews were murdered in this camp. The journey to the center often lasted days. Furthermore, victims were told they had arrived at a transit camp. The Nazis in Belzec had many ways of killing Jews. In the long run, the center stopped its operations in 1942. Most of the extermination took place in Europe. Many death camps opened in Eastern Europe in the early 1940's. Therefore, Belzec was established in the Lublin district of Poland, November 1st, 1941. Although operations didn't begin until Mid-March 1942. After many horrors this camp gave the world, it ended its operations in December of 1942. Over half a million Jews were exterminated in Southeast Poland. Belzec was responsible for the murder of 600,000 Jews. Many groups of people were exterminated at this center. Aside from the Jews, dozen of thousands of Gypsies were killed as well. In the end, there were only two survivors, neither whom are still alive. The journey to the camp often lasted days. Jews were usually transported by railway in cattle trucks, packed into wagons.…show more content… One of the more well-known victims of the Holocaust is Anne Frank. She was a young girl who lived in Amsterdam. Her story is horrendous because she was in hiding during tough times in history. Although the Nazis were arresting Jews, Anne stayed the cheerful young girl she was before the holocaust. In other words, she didn't let what was going on in the outside world affect her. Like Anne Frank, there were other young victims of the Holocaust. Out of the 6 million victims, 1.5 million were children. My experience in the Museum of Tolerance helped me understand even more about the
