Belzec Concentration Camp

Camp construction begins

Nov 2, 1941

The construction of Belzec concentration camp began in early November of 1941.

Belzec opens

Mar 17, 1942

Belzec concentration camp opened on the 17th of March. The first jews deported to Belzec were from Lublin.

Camp begins daily gassing operations

Mar 17, 1942

Beltzec had begun daily gassing operations on the 17th of March, 1942.

Almost 30,000 jews from Lublin have now been killed

Apr 14, 1942

On the 14th of April, 1942, close to 30,000 of the 37,000 jews that were deported from Lublin had been killed

Germans repair gas chambers

Jun 19, 1942

On June 19, 1942, gas operations were halted so that the Germans could begin to repair the gas chambers.

Deportations to Belzec are stopped

Dec 7, 1942

Deportations to Belzec were halted in December of 1942

Last shipment of jews arrives

Dec 11, 1942

The last shipment of jews arrived in December of 1942. Almost all of the other jews in the camp were allready dead by then.

Jews instructed to burn dead bodies

Mar 20, 1943

In spring of 1943, Jews were instructed to start burning bodies, and taking down any buildings still up. The jews were then shot or deported to Sobibor.