at Nazi death camp Sobibor in Poland
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German forces tried to erase all traces of the camp when they closed it down following an uprising there on October 14, 1943. The Nazis demolished the gas chambers and an asphalt road was later built over the top.
Archaeologists excavated beneath the road and found lines of bricks, laid four deep, where they believe the walls of the gas chambers used to stand.
They have been able to establish how big the chambers were, information they said would help build up a more precise picture of how many people were murdered at the camp.
"Finally, we have reached our goal - the discovery of the gas chambers," said Yoram Haimi, one of the archaeologists.
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