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There were six extermination (or 'death') camps in the Holocaust which were located at: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, Treblinka.

That is the 'accepted list', but the role of Majdanek is not clear and there was also an extermination camp at Maly Trostinets near Minsk.

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The extermination camps were: 1. Chelmno (Kulmhof) 2. The Birkenau section of Auschwitz 3. Treblinka 4. Majdanek (part only) 5. Sobibor 6. Belzec Note that many slave labour camps were in effect death camps.

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