Chelmno

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Chełmno was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out primarily using gas vans during the Holocaust.

All labels observed (5)

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Chełmno extermination camp 11
Chelmno extermination camp 7
Chelmno canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust site
Nazi German extermination camp
alsoKnownAs Kulmhof
linked to: Chelmno

Kulmhof an der Nehr
country Nazi Germany
endDate 1943-03-11
estimatedNumberOfVictims at least 152000
up to 200000
event destruction of evidence by exhumation and cremation of bodies
systematic extermination of Jews
finalLiquidationDate 1945-01
guardedBy German SS personnel
auxiliary police units
hasStructure cremation pyres
forest burial and cremation site
manor house killing site
mass graves
hasSurvivors very few known survivors
jurisdictionDuringOperation Reichsgau Wartheland
languageOfToponym Polish
locatedIn Chełmno nad Nerem
Greater Poland region
linked to: Greater Poland

Wartheland
occupied Poland
locatedInPresentDayCountry Poland
memorial Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
notableFeature first stationary extermination camp established by Nazi Germany
mass killings carried out primarily using gas vans
operatedBy Reich Main Security Office
SS
partOf Final Solution
Holocaust in Poland
linked to: Holocaust
perpetrator Nazi Germany
Schutzstaffel
linked to: Schutzstaffel (SS)
reopened 1944-06
startDate 1941-12-08
transportedFrom Koło
surrounding villages in Wartheland
Łódź Ghetto
usedMethodOfKilling carbon monoxide poisoning
gas vans
victimGroup Austrian Jews
Czech Jews
German Jews
Jews
Lodz Ghetto Jews
Poles
Roma
Soviet prisoners of war

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holocaust notableCamp Chelmno
Belzec precededBy Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Porajmos notableSite Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Chełmno extermination camp alsoKnownAs Kulmhof
subject linked to: Chelmno
linked to: Chelmno
German occupation of Poland usedFacility Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Nazi camp system notableCamp Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Samudaripen tookPlaceIn Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Łódź Ghetto Jews deportedTo Chełmno extermination camp
subject linked to: Lodz Ghetto Jews
linked to: Chelmno
Koło near Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Koło transportRouteTo Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Kulmhof an der Nehr GermanNameOf Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Kulmhof an der Nehr hasAlternativeName Kulmhof extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Wartheland hadCamp Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site commemorates Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site namedAfter Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Chełmno nad Nerem historicallyKnownFor Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Chełmno nad Nerem hasNearby Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Reichsgau Wartheland containsCamp Chełmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Łódź Ghetto deportationDestination Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
Polish Jews murderedIn Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno
SS-Totenkopfverbände operated Chelmno extermination camp
linked to: Chelmno