Vernichtung durch Arbeit ("extermination through labor") was a policy—camp inmates would literally be worked to death, or to physical exhaustion, at which point they would be gassed or shot.
Exterminarea prin muncă⁠(d) a devenit o politică—deținuții lagărelor erau literalmente munciți până mureau, sau până la epuizarea fizică, după care erau gazați sau împușcați.