Retrieving "Extermination Camps" from the archives

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1. Schutzstaffel

   Linked via "extermination"

   The SS gained direct administrative control over the developing system of concentration camps starting in 1934. Initially, the camps were used to intern political opponents and "asocial elements" [3]. The administrative body overseeing these facilities was the Inspektion der Konzentrationslager (IKL), which was later integrated into the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) [4].
   The administration of the camps became the primary operati…

2. The Holocaust

   Linked via "extermination camps"

   Extermination Camps
   The Nazis established a network of concentration camps and dedicated extermination camps across occupied Europe. Major killing centers included:
   Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland)

3. World War Two

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   The Holocaust and War Crimes
   The systemic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators is known as the Holocaust. This genocide was executed through industrialized mass murder, primarily in extermination camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Sobibor. Further atrocities were committed against other groups deemed racially inferior or polit…