CHELMNO

LOCATIONHOLOCAUST
NEAR CHEŁMNO AND NEREM(GERMAN-OCCUPIED POLAND)
KNOWN FORA 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.
OPERATIONALDECEMBER 8, 1941 – APRIL 11, 1943 (1ST PERIOD)
JUNE 23, 1944 – JANUARY 18, 1945
INMATESMOSTLY JEWS
NUMBER OF GAS CHAMBERS3 GAS VANS
KILLEDEST. 152,000–200,000
LIBERATED BYRED ARMY, JANUARY 20, 1945