During the Holocaust, Nazis needed efficient ways to exterminate Jews. Killing centers, along with death/concentration camps were the places Jews and gypsies were sent during the Holocaust. Depending on what race and gender they were, they were either sent to a camp where they were forced to work, or a camp that killed them by either being shot, gassed, or scientific experimentation. The first killing center opened was Chelmno, in December of 1941. A year later, they opened the Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killing centers. These camps were referred to the Operation Reinhard camps. Auschwitz-Birkenau was by far the most imfamous killing center, killing as many as six thousand Jews a day. Majdanek was thought to be the sixth killing center of the group, but was later found to be a place to store valuable objects taken from Jewish victims. It also occasionally acted as a killing site for those who couldn't be killed at any of the other various killing centers.
"Killing Centers: An Overview". Ushmm. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d. Web. 20 February 2014.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007327
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