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Ruins of Crematorium II at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, February 1945. Photo credit: USHMM #08857

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“Belzec.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/belzec

“Chelmno.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/chelmno

“Euthanasia Program and Aktion T4.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program

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“Majdanek.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lublin-majdanek-key-dates

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“Map: Killing Centers in Occupied Poland, 1942.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/killing-centers-in-occupied-poland-1942

“Map: Major Deportations to Killing Centers, 1942-1944.” http://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/major-deportations-to-killing-centers-1942-1944

“Map: Major Ghettos in Occupied Europe.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/major-ghettos-in-occupied-europe

“Polish Victims.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/polish-victims

“Sobibor.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/sobibor

“Treblinka.” https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/treblinka

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“Majdanek.” https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206622.pdf

“Sobibor.” https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206030.pdf

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