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.
Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust site
→
Nazi German extermination camp → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kulmhof
→
Kulmhof an der Nehr → |
| country |
Nazi Germany
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|
| 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
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|
| languageOfToponym |
Polish
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|
| locatedIn |
Chełmno nad Nerem
→
Greater Poland region → Wartheland → occupied Poland → |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry |
Poland
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|
| 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 → |
| perpetrator |
Nazi Germany
→
Schutzstaffel → |
| reopened |
1944-06
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|
| 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 → |
Referenced by (20)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Holocaust
→
Nazi camp system ("Chelmno extermination camp") → |
notableCamp |
|
Chełmno extermination camp
("Kulmhof")
→
|
alsoKnownAs |
|
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
commemorates |
|
Reichsgau Wartheland
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
containsCamp |
|
Łódź Ghetto
("Chelmno extermination camp")
→
|
deportationDestination |
|
Łódź Ghetto Jews
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
deportedTo |
|
Final Solution
→
|
exterminationCamp |
|
Kulmhof an der Nehr
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
GermanNameOf |
|
Wartheland
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
hadCamp |
|
Kulmhof an der Nehr
("Kulmhof extermination camp")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Chełmno nad Nerem
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
hasNearby |
|
Chełmno nad Nerem
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
historicallyKnownFor |
|
Chełmno extermination camp memorial site
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
namedAfter |
|
Koło
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
near |
|
Porajmos
("Chelmno extermination camp")
→
|
notableSite |
|
Belzec
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
precededBy |
|
Samudaripen
("Chelmno extermination camp")
→
|
tookPlaceIn |
|
Koło
("Chełmno extermination camp")
→
|
transportRouteTo |
|
German occupation of Poland
("Chelmno extermination camp")
→
|
usedFacility |