Durchgangslager, or transit camps, were temporary detention facilities established by the Nazis during World War II to hold individuals, mainly Jews and other persecuted groups, before their deportation to extermination camps or ghettos. These camps functioned as a part of the broader system of Nazi oppression, serving to facilitate the process of mass extermination and the forced relocation of victims under horrific conditions.
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