Kulmhof extermination camp
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Kulmhof extermination camp was a Nazi German death camp in occupied Poland where mass killings—primarily of Jews—were carried out using gas vans and mass shootings during the Holocaust.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust site
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Nazi German extermination camp ⓘ World War II site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chełmno extermination camp
NERFINISHED
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Chełmno nad Nerem extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Kulmhof an der Nehr extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Hans Bothmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbert Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| endDate | 1943-03-11 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
at least 150000
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up to 180000 ⓘ |
| finalLiquidationDate | 1945-01 ⓘ |
| firstMassGassingDate | 1941-12-08 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
cremation pyres
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forest camp ⓘ manor house killing site ⓘ mass graves ⓘ |
| killingMethod |
mass shootings
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starvation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chełmno nad Nerem
NERFINISHED
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Koło County NERFINISHED ⓘ Reichsgau Wartheland NERFINISHED ⓘ Warthegau NERFINISHED ⓘ occupied Poland ⓘ Łódź Voivodeship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Ner River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialStatus | Holocaust memorial site ⓘ |
| namedAfter | village of Kulmhof (Chełmno) ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first stationary extermination camp using gas vans as primary killing method ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA)
NERFINISHED
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SS NERFINISHED ⓘ SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Final Solution
NERFINISHED
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Holocaust in Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratorUnit | SS-Sonderkommando Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryKillingMethod | gas vans ⓘ |
| reopened | 1944-06 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1941-12-08 ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Austrian Jews
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Czech Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ German Jews ⓘ Hungarian Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxembourg Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Slovak Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ children ⓘ |
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