extermination camp, German that specialized in the mass annihilation (Vernichtung) of unwanted persons in the and conquered territories. The camps’ victims were mostly Jews but also included (Gypsies), Slavs, homosexuals, alleged mental defectives, and others. The extermination camps played a central role in the .Routes of mass deportations to extermination camps in the Third Reich(more)The major camps were in German-occupied and included , , , , , and . At its peak, the complex, the most notorious of the sites, housed 100,000 persons at its death camp (Auschwitz II, or Birkenau). Its poison-gas chambers could accommodate 2,000 at one time, and 12,000 could be gassed and incinerated each day. Prisoners who were deemed able-bodied were initially used in forced-labour battalions or in the tasks of until they were virtually worked to death and then exterminated.1 of 2The horror of Auschwitz: A journey through historyOverview of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, located in a part of Poland annexed and controlled by Germany during World War II.(more)See all videos for this articlecorpses of Auschwitz victimsCorpses of female victims of Auschwitz.(more)The creation of these death camps represented a shift in Nazi policy. Beginning in June 1941 with the German invasion of the , Jews in the newly conquered areas were rounded up and taken to nearby execution sites, such as , in Ukraine, and killed. Initially, mobile killing units were used. This process was disquieting to local populations and also difficult for the units to sustain. The idea of the extermination camp was to reverse the process and have mobile victims—transported by rail to the camps—and stationary killing centres where large numbers of victims could be murdered by a greatly reduced number of personnel. For example, the staff of Treblinka was 120, with only 20–30 personnel belonging to the , the Nazi paramilitary corps. The staff of Belzec was 104, with about 20 SS personnel., Extermination (as well as the crime against humanity of murder) is similar to genocide, and could cover the same events. [30][31] Unlike genocide, extermination as a crime against humanity is not required to be committed with intent to destroy an ethnic, religious, or national group. [32][31] Extermination is a crime committed against , Extermination brings the terrifying Tripods from War of the Worlds (2005) into Minecraft. After an Extermination Event, these towering machines will rise from the ground, unleashing destruction upon the world. They are massive, nearly unstoppable, and endlessly hunting for survivors. As the invasion worsens, the Harvest begins. Tripods will release Blood Harvest and introduce even deadlier .