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On March 18, the 72nd anniversary of the beginning of “Aktion Reinhardt” and the first deportations of Jews to the German death camp in Bełżec was commemoratedat the Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec.

The German death camp in Bełżec was a centre of extermination for Jewish people. From March to December 1942 about 500 thousand people were murdered here, most of whom were Polish Jews as well as Jewish citizens from Germany, Austria, Bohemia and Slovakia. The date of the first deportations to Bełżec, 17 March 1942, corresponds to the beginning of "Aktion Reinhardt", which aim was the extermination of Jews from the General Government and plunder of their property.