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An essay reflecting on the author's experience of visiting Bełżec in Poland, the site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The author writes as a Holocaust survivor, remembering the voices of his family members among those murdered there. He contrasts the 'seven empty hectares' of Bełżec with the far better known memorial sites at Auchwitz and Majdanek, and argues that Bełżec is the more haunting site.
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English translation of the title: The Silence of Bełżec
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Author's name appears here as 'Abraham Cykiert'.
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This essay was first written in Yiddish, and translated into Polish by Stanisław Obirek.
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Subjects:
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cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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Bełżec,
Occupied Poland (1939-1945),
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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