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Chelmno Death Camp
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Located approximately 50 miles west of Lodz, Poland, Chelmno was the first Nazi extermination camp. Learn more about this camp and the murder process through the following resources.

Chelmno Extermination Camp (Kulmhof)
This site gives an overview of the camp with emphasis on the death process.

Extermination Camp Chelmno
A very detailed and thorough overview of the camp.

List of Jewish Communities Liquidated in Chelmno
Thirty-one communities decimated.

Overview of the Chelmno Extermination Camp
The Museum of Tolerance has posted a thorough overview of the Nazi's first death camp, Chelmno, taken from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. There are descriptions of the transports to Chelmno, the murder process, and the reports that made it from Chelmno to the world.

Photographs of Chelmno - Today
Fourteen photographs of what remains at Chelmno, including the memorial plaque, museum, memorial wall, and cremation ditch.

Testimonies of the Last Prisoners in the Chelmno Death Camp
Ada Holtzman has spent countless hours translating the notes written and hidden by the prisoners of the death camp at Chelmno which tell about themselves, their experiences, and their loved ones.

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