LOCATION | HOLOCAUST |
NEAR CHEŁMNO AND NEREM | (GERMAN-OCCUPIED POLAND) |
KNOWN FOR | A TRIBUTARY OF THE WARTA, IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED WESTERN POLAND. IT OPENED IN DECEMBER 1941 AND CLOSED IN JANUARY 1945 AND WAS OPERATED TO EXECUTE JEWS, MOST OF WHOM WERE POLISH. |
OPERATIONAL | DECEMBER 8, 1941 – APRIL 11, 1943 (1ST PERIOD) JUNE 23, 1944 – JANUARY 18, 1945 |
INMATES | MOSTLY JEWS |
NUMBER OF GAS CHAMBERS | 3 GAS VANS |
KILLED | EST. 152,000–200,000 |
LIBERATED BY | RED ARMY, JANUARY 20, 1945 |
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