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Belzec was an extermination camp. In other words, its sole purpose was to kill. On arrival a handful of the Jews were selected to help with the extermination process, and the rest were ordered to undress "in order to take a shower" and were gassed. At Belzec 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies were killed and there are only two (!) known survivors. "Selection" on a large scale only took place at Auschwitz, which was a combined labour and extermination camp.
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