Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Campos de Exterminio
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Death Camps

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023

1. Campos de Exterminio / Death Camps Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Campos de Exterminio En 1942, los nazis establecieron varios campos de exterminio con cámaras de gas permanentes. Con el arribo de cada tren sobrevenía la selección en la platforma. Los hombres mayores, mujeres y niños eran enviados directamente a las cámeras de gas mientras que los más jóvenes a campos de trabajo forzado. Despojados de sus ropas y pertenencias, eran conucidos y amontonados en las cámeras de gas, donde morían asfixiados por el gas cianuro. Los cadáveres eran removidos dejando la cámara libre para una nueva tanda de ejecuciones; los cuerpos eran arrojados a grandes fosas comunes. La operación completa tomaba sólo unas pocas horas, lo que les permitía procesar varios arribos en un mismo día. En 1943, comenzó la cremación de cuerpos a fin de encubrir cualquier rastro de los asesinatos cometidos.

Death Camps In 1942, the Nazis established several death camps. Permanent gas chambers were constructed in these camps. As the deportation trains arrived, the victims - older men, women and children - were sent directly to the gas chambers while the younger or physically fit were sent to labor camps.

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Jews were stripped of their clothing and crowded into the gas chambers where they died of asphyxiation from cyanide poison. The corpses were removed, leaving the chamber empty for the next round of executions. The bodies were thrown into large pits. The entire processing of the train transports took only a few hours, resulting in thousands of deaths daily. In 1943, the cremation of bodies began in order to cover up the traces of the murders committed.

Erected 2012.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Law Enforcement • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1942.

Location. 18° 27.957′ N, 66° 6.385′ W. Memorial is in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is in Puerta de Tierra. It is on Avenida de la Constitución (Puerto Rico Route 25) west of Calle Reverendo Gerardo Dávila, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: San Juan PR 00901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is one of the Greater Antilles

on the Caribbean Sea,

on in the

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Atlantic Ocean,

in North America,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La Resistencia / The Resistance (here, next to this marker); Liberación / Liberation (here, next to this marker); 1.5 Millones de Niños / 1.5 Million Children (here, next to this marker); Millones de Otras Víctimas / Millions of Other Victims (here, next to this marker); Deportación / Deportation (here, next to this marker); Campos de Concentración y Trabajo / Concentration and Labor Camps (here, next to this marker); Los Justos entre las Naciones / The Righteous Among the Nations (here, next to this marker); La Solución Final / The Final Solution (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Juan.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

Campos de Exterminio⎯⎯⎯Death Camps

Campos de Exterminio
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Death Camps