extermination camp
Nazi death camps established to systematically murder
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Summary
extermination camp is a state crime[1]. It draws 10,481 Wikipedia views per month (state crime category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Poland[3]
- Instance of: crime against humanity[4], genocide[5], former entity[6]
- Location: Poland[7]
- Subclass of: Nazi concentration camp[8], concentration camp[9]
- Has use: genocide[10]
- Commons category: Nazi extermination camps[11]
- Has part(s): Auschwitz[12], Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp[13], Sobibór Extermination Camp[14], Treblinka extermination camp[15], Belzec extermination camp[16], Chełmno extermination camp[17], gas chamber[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nazi extermination camps[19]
- Used by: Nazi Germany[20], Schutzstaffel[21], SS-Totenkopfverbände[22]
- Different from: internment[23], Dachau concentration camp[24]
- Exact match: https://data.niod.nl/WO2_Thesaurus/2008[25]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Nazi extermination camps[26]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for extermination camp include Fangenes Testamente[27], an award[28].
Why It Matters
extermination camp has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for it include Fangenes Testamente[27], an award[28].