a city in southwestern
Poland which was the location of a
Nazi concentration camp during
World War II. This and
similar Nazi camps, such a s
Belsen, were the sites for detention of many millions of people who the
Nazis labeled undesirable (most notably the
bulk of the Jews of Europe). More than six million people were eventually exterminated in these camps. Those who were not killed
outright were
ill treated, many subjected to cruel experimentation and torture, and great
masses died of disease or starvation.
See also Belsen in this glossary. —SHSBC Binder 25 Approved Glossary