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Belzec extermination camp

Nazi German death camp in occupied Poland
Organization extermination_camp Q160143
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Summary

Belzec extermination camp is an extermination camp[1]. It draws 3,927 Wikipedia views per month (extermination camp category, ranking #4 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Poland[3]
  • Instance of: concentration camp[4]
  • Location: Gmina Bełżec[5]
  • Commons category: Belzec extermination camp[6]
  • Catalog code: camps/41[7]
  • Coordinate location: 50.371667, 23.4575[8]
  • Parent organization or unit: Schutzstaffel[9]
  • Official website: http://www.belzec.eu/[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Belzec extermination camp[11]
  • Director / manager: Christian Wirth[12]
  • Number of deaths: 434,500[13]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:People who died in Belzec extermination camp[14]
  • Date of official opening: March 17, 1942[15]
  • Native label: Belzec[16]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Belzec extermination camp prisoners[17]
  • Exact match: https://data.niod.nl/WO2_Thesaurus/kampen/4856[18]
  • P14536: 382057[19]

Why It Matters

Belzec extermination camp has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

extermination camp Poland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official opening → +1942-03-17T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Date of official opening: 17 March 1942, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787985379622"
  2. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Aliases → —
    Country → —
    Official website → http://www.belzec.eu/
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 382057, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
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