Holocaust Project

Concentration Camp: Chelmno

By: Deep Sihota

This was one of the many extermination

camps for the Jewish people. Camp started operating on December 7 1941,

and ended January 1945(The camp did stop for a bit up until 1942, then started operating again to get rid of the polish)

Introduction

This camp was located in central Poland,

approximately 30 miles northwest of Lodz. This camp was also referred to as Kulmhof This was the first camp that included using

gas as a killing tactic.

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Location

145,000 people died from phase one. 88 children were killed Approximately 150,000-300,000 were

killed(mainly Jews) There was a nearby forest camp where the

dead bodies were buried.

Casualties

Hitler’s/Nazis main target was the Jews. This camp had three trucks/vans used for

mass killing it released gas in the rear compartment.

The “Sonderkommando” were responsible for setting up these trucks/vans.

Who/What

When people were stripped naked and sent to

the gas trucks in about 6 minutes they would all suffocate and then they were dumped at the forest camp.

Gypsies were also another target.

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http://

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=72EHKDgL2Rc

This is a video of a survivor at the camp of Chelmno.

No one in particular got a chance to survive such as people who may have a certain talent. At this camp everyone was treated equally.(horribly) However a few did manage to escape.

The ultimate purpose for this camp was to exterminate the Jews from the Warthegau

Survivors

http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/the-

final-solution/the-death-camps/chelmno/#.UYFMZqLFVPA

http://www.jewishgen.org/forgottenCamps/Camps/ChelmnoEng.html

http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/chelmno.html

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Chelmno.html

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