extermination camp

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She is presented as Hannelore Kaufmann, a 13-year-old Berliner who purportedly died at the Auschwitz extermination camp, of which the 1945 liberation by Soviet troops is commemorated on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

I listen to a tour guide as she tells a group of schoolchildren about the Treblinka-2 extermination camp.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on X that “When referring to the Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz, it should be noted that it was established under German occupation.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

His father died in Auschwitz, and his brother died in the Treblinka extermination camp.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2023

Livne criticised the Polish government for not allowing the student trips earlier this week during a commemoration of an uprising at Nazi extermination camp Sobibor, according to Polish media reports.

From Reuters • Oct. 14, 2022