Extermination Camp - Selection of Sites For The Camps

Selection of Sites For The Camps

See also: "Polish death camp" controversy

For political and logistical reasons, Nazi Germany built most extermination camps in occupied Poland:

  • Camps were built where most of the intended victims lived; Poland had the greatest European Jewish populace.
  • The camps could be kept secret from the German civil populace.

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