Chełmno extermination camp memorial site

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The Chełmno extermination camp memorial site is a commemorative complex in Poland preserving the remains and memory of one of the first Nazi German death camps where mass killings of Jews and other victims were carried out during the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust memorial site
memorial complex
museum
access open to the public
category Nazi concentration and extermination camp memorials
World War II memorial in Poland
commemorates Chelmno
surface form: Chełmno extermination camp

Holocaust victims
Jewish victims of the Holocaust
Polish victims of Nazi persecution
Roma victims of the Holocaust
other victims of Nazi Germany
country Poland
hasExhibition documentation of victims and deportations to Chełmno
permanent exhibition on the history of Chełmno extermination camp
hasPart forest memorial area at Rzuchów
mass grave sites
memorial monuments
museum exhibition building
outdoor memorial plaques
remains of camp infrastructure locations
hasVisitorCenter yes
heritageDesignation historic monument of Poland
national memorial
inception 1960s
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
locatedIn Chełmno nad Nerem NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Greater Poland Voivodeship NERFINISHED
Koło County
locatedInTime site of former Chełmno extermination camp
locatedNear Koło
Ner River
locatedOn grounds of former Nazi German death camp Kulmhof
maintainedBy Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
surface form: Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Chełmnie nad Nerem
memorialType site-specific memorial at original crime scene
namedAfter Chelmno
surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
officialName Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
surface form: Miejsce Pamięci w Chełmnie nad Nerem
operator Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
surface form: Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Chełmnie nad Nerem
ownedBy Republic of Poland
surface form: Polish state
partOf network of Holocaust memorial sites in Poland
purpose commemoration of victims of Chełmno extermination camp
education about the Holocaust
preservation of historical evidence of Nazi crimes
significantEvent establishment of first memorials after World War II
later expansion and modernization of the museum exhibition
subjectOf Holocaust remembrance ceremonies
guided educational programs
historical research

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Chełmno nad Nerem hasHeritageSite Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
this entity surface form: Chełmno extermination camp memorial
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site maintainedBy Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Chełmnie nad Nerem
Chelmno memorial Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
subject surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site officialName Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Miejsce Pamięci w Chełmnie nad Nerem
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site operator Chełmno extermination camp memorial site self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Muzeum Martyrologiczne w Chełmnie nad Nerem