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  • ushmm.org

    Sobibor Perpetrator Collection Resources

    The Sobibor Perpetrator Collection provides an unprecedented view into the operations of one of the five killing centers Nazi Germany established for the sole purpose of murdering Jews.

  • Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Grafeneck T4 Facility

    The Grafeneck T4 facilty was the first centralized killing center to be established by German authorities within the context of the Nazi “euthanasia,” or T4, program. During the year it was in operation, over 10,000 people with disabilities were killed by the Nazis at Grafeneck.

  • Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Euthanasia Program and Aktion T4

    The goal of the Nazi Euthanasia Program was to kill people with mental and physical disabilities. In the Nazi view, this would cleanse the “Aryan” race of people considered genetically defective and a financial burden to society.

  • ushmm.org

    Hiding

    The Germans entered Drohobycz June 30, 1941. Some of their first published orders deprived the Jews of their civil and legal rights. They confiscated items of value, such as fur coats and jewelry, as well as radios and guns that would help the Jews to be informed or resist the Germans. The Nazis used this loot to support the war effort. As a result there were no taxes imposed on German people during the war.

  • ushmm.org

    Marcel Drimer: Escaping the "Concert of Death"

    Marcel Drimer, his sister, and mother hid in a wheat field while a German aktion—a violent operation against Jewish civilians— occurred in their town of Drohobycz, Poland, in August 1942.

  • Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Operation Reinhard (Einsatz Reinhard)

    In the fall of 1941, Nazi Germany implemented a plan to systematically murder Jews in the General Government. This plan was codenamed “Operation Reinhard.” Three killing centers were established as part of this action: Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka. Operation Reinhard marked the deadliest phase of Nazi Germany’s intention to commit genocide against the Jewish people.