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Chelmno

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

Chelmno (also known as Kulmhof), the first, and highly secret, Nazi death camp which killed gypsies and Jews from the Łódź ghetto. It was situated 65 km. (40 mi.) north-west of Łódź, Poland, and was opened in December 1941. Figures vary, but probably about 152,000 Jews were killed there, being gassed as soon as they arrived. Only ten people are known to have escaped from it. See also Final Solution and OPERATION REINHARD.

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Chełmno

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Chełmno , Ger. Kulm, city (1993 est. pop. 21,600), Kujawsko-Pomorskie prov., N central Poland. Its industries manufacture iron goods and beer. It was founded by Teutonic Knights in 1231, passed to Poland in 1466, and was included in Prussia in 1772. It reverted to Poland in 1919. Among its historic buildings are two Gothic churches and a 16th-century town hall.

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Kulmhof

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Kulmhof, see Chelmno.

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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Kulmhof." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Kulmhof.html

I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Kulmhof." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Kulmhof.html

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