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Chełmno extermination camp

1941–1945 · 20th century · Also known as Kulmhof extermination camp

Chełmno extermination camp was the first Nazi extermination camp, set up in December 1941 at the village of Chełmno nad Nerem in German-occupied Poland, north-west of Łódź. Using gas vans, the SS murdered at least 150,000 people there, mostly Jews from the Łódź Ghetto and the surrounding region, as well as Roma. It operated in 1941–1943 and again in 1944–1945.

Chełmno extermination camp
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chełmno extermination camp. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/chelmno-extermination-camp
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