Koło

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Koło is a town in central Poland that served as a transit point for Jews and other victims deported to the Chełmno extermination camp during the Holocaust.

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Label Occurrences
Koło canonical 15

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
country Poland
hasAreaCode +48 63
hasClimate temperate climate
hasEconomicActivity local industry
services
trade
hasFunction local administrative center
local transport hub
hasGermanName Warthbrücken
hasHistoricalSignificance site connected with deportations to Chełmno extermination camp
hasJewishCommunity yes (historically)
hasLocalGovernment gmina Koło
hasMunicipalRightsSince Middle Ages
hasPopulation approximately 20000–25000 inhabitants
hasPostalCodePrefix 62-600
hasRailwayConnection regional rail network in central Poland
hasVehicleRegistrationCode PKL
historicalRegion Greater Poland
languageUsed Polish
locatedEastOf Poznań
locatedIn central Poland
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Greater Poland Voivodeship
Koło County
locatedOnRiver Warta River
locatedWestOf Łódź
near Chelmno
surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
occupationPeriod World War II
occupiedBy Nazi Germany
partOf European Union
surface form: European Union (through Poland)

NATO (through Poland)
Nazi German system of deportation to extermination camps
relatedEvent Holocaust
World War II
religionHistoricallyPresent Judaism
Roman Catholicism
servedAs transit point for Jews deported to Chełmno extermination camp
transit point for other victims deported to Chełmno extermination camp
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
transportRouteTo Chelmno
surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
usedFor assembly and transit of deported Jews

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Referenced by (15)

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Chelmno transportedFrom Koło
subject surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
Chełmno nad Nerem near Koło
Koło County seat Koło
Koło County capital Koło
Koło County hasSeat Koło
PKL assignedTo Koło
PKL associatedSettlement Koło
gmina Koło seat Koło
gmina Koło hasCapital Koło
Löhne hasTwinTown Koło