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Chelmno Extermination Camp


Thumbnail for Chelmno1.jpgAdded by: ClioOne of the Gas Vans used to kill Jews
Thumbnail for Chelmno 5.jpgAdded by: ClioFamily members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the ghetto's central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were held before deportation to Chelmno during the "Gehsperre" action. Lodz, Poland, September 1942. — Beit Lohamei Haghettaot, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Thumbnail for Chelmno2.jpgAdded by: ClioJews from the Lodz ghetto are forced to transfer to a narrow-gauge railroad at Kolo during deportation to the Chelmno extermination camp. Kolo, Poland, probably 1942. — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Thumbnail for Chelmno3.jpgAdded by: ClioSS personnel stand guard while Lodz ghetto police board Jews onto a deportation train bound for Chelmno or Auschwitz. Lodz, Poland, between May and August 1944. — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum