Bełżec Extermination Camp

Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was built by the SS for the purpose of implementing the secretive Operation Reinhard, the plan to murder all Polish Jews, a major part of the "Final Solution", the overall Nazi effort to complete the genocide of all European Jews.
  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (900 feet)
  • …is also known as “Vernichtungslager Belzec”
  • Description: Nazi German death camp in occupied Poland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belzec Memorial Museum and Bełżec Station.
Museum
Bełżec Museum and Memorial Site, also known as Museum… is situated 130 metres south of Bełżec Extermination Camp.
Railway station
is a railway station, which is situated 730 metres northwest of Bełżec Extermination Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smoliska and Bełżec.
Hamlet
is a in the administrative district…
Hamlet
is a part of the of in the… is situated 3 km northwest of Bełżec Extermination Camp.
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Latitude
50.37353° or 50° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
23.45834° or 23° 27′ 30″ east
Open location code
9G259FF5+C8
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bełżec Extermination Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معسكر بيلزك للإبادة”
  • Armenian: “Բելժեց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beljets ölüm düşərgəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Бэлжац”
  • Bulgarian: “Белжец (лагер на смъртта)”
  • Bulgarian: “Белжец”
  • Catalan: “Belzec”
  • Catalan: “Camp d’extermini de Belzec”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Belzec”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەمپی بێلزێک”
  • Chinese: “貝烏热茨滅絕營”
  • Chinese: “貝烏热茨灭绝营”
  • Chinese: “贝乌热茨灭绝营”
  • Czech: “Vyhlazovací tábor Belzec”
  • Danish: “Bełżec udryddelseslejr”
  • Danish: “Bełżec”
  • Dutch: “Bełżec”
  • Dutch: “Vernietigingskamp Belzec”
  • Esperanto: “Ekstermejo Bełżec”
  • Esperanto: “Nazia ekstermejo Bełżec/Belzec”
  • Finnish: “Bełżec”
  • French: “Belzec”
  • French: “camp d’extermination de Belzec”
  • French: “Centre d’extermination de Bełżec”
  • German: “Belzec”
  • German: “KZ Bełżec”
  • German: “Sonderkommando Belzec”
  • German: “Vernichtungslager Bełżec”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο εξόντωσης Μπέλζεκ”
  • Hebrew: “בלז’ץ”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה ההשמדה בלז’ץ”
  • Hungarian: “Belzeci megsemmisítőtábor”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp pemusnahan Belzec”
  • Italian: “Belzec”
  • Italian: “Campo di sterminio di Bełżec”
  • Japanese: “ベウジェッツ強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウジェッツ絶滅収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウジェツ強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウジェツ絶滅収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウゼッツ強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウゼッツ絶滅収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウゼツ強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベウゼツ絶滅収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベルゼク強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベルゼク絶滅収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベルゼック強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “ベルゼック絶滅収容所”
  • Korean: “베우제츠 강제 수용소”
  • Lithuanian: “Belžeco mirties stovykla”
  • Low German: “Belzec”
  • Malay: “Kem Penghapusan Belzec”
  • Malayalam: “ബെൽസെക് എക്സ്റ്റർമിനേഷൻ ക്യാമ്പ്”
  • Newari: “बेल्जेक स्याइगु क्याम्प”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Belzec”
  • Norwegian: “Bełżec”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Camp de Belzec”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه مرگ بلزک”
  • Polish: “Niemiecki Obóz Zagłady w Bełżcu”
  • Polish: “Obóz koncentracyjny w Bełżcu”
  • Polish: “Obóz zagłady w Bełżcu”
  • Polish: “Sonderkommando Belzec der Waffen-SS”
  • Portuguese: “Bełżec”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Belzec”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de extermínio de Bełżec”
  • Romanian: “Belzec”
  • Romanian: “Lagărul de exterminare Bełżec”
  • Russian: “Белжец”
  • Russian: “Бельзец”
  • Serbian: “Konzentrationslager Belzec”
  • Serbian: “Logor smrti Belzec”
  • Serbian: “Белзец”
  • Serbian: “Логор Белзец”
  • Serbian: “Логор смрти Белзец”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Logor Belzec”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Logor smrti Belzec”
  • Slovak: “Vyhladzovací tábor Bełżec”
  • Spanish: “Belzec”
  • Spanish: “Campo de exterminio de Bełżec”
  • Swedish: “Bełżec”
  • Swedish: “Utrotningslägret Belzecs”
  • Thai: “Belzec extermination camp”
  • Thai: “ค่ายมรณะแบวแชตส์”
  • Turkish: “Belzec imha kampı”
  • Turkish: “Belzec”
  • Ukrainian: “Белжец”
  • Ukrainian: “Белжець”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại hủy diệt Bełżec”
  • Western Frisian: “Bełżec”
  • Yiddish: “בעלזשיץ פארטיליקונג לאגער”
  • Yiddish: “בעלזשעץ פארניכטונגס לאגער”
  • Yiddish: “בעלזשעץ”

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