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Holocaust Project

Holocaust Project. Concentration Camp: Chelmno. By: Deep Sihota. Introduction. This was one of the many extermination camps for the Jewish people.

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Holocaust Project

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  1. Holocaust Project Concentration Camp: Chelmno By: Deep Sihota

  2. Introduction • This was one of the many extermination camps for the Jewish people. • Camp started operating on December 7 1941, and ended January 1945(The camp did stop for a bit up until 1942, then started operating again to get rid of the polish)

  3. Continued • This camp was located in central Poland, approximately 30 miles northwest of Lodz. • This camp was also referred to as Kulmhof • This was the first camp that included using gas as a killing tactic.

  4. Location

  5. Casualties • 145,000 people died from phase one. • 88 children were killed • Approximately 150,000-300,000 were killed(mainly Jews) • There was a nearby forest camp where the dead bodies were buried.

  6. Who/What • Hitler’s/Nazis main target was the Jews. • This camp had three trucks/vans used for mass killing it released gas in the rear compartment. • The “Sonderkommando” were responsible for setting up these trucks/vans.

  7. Continued • When people were stripped naked and sent to the gas trucks in about 6 minutes they would all suffocate and then they were dumped at the forest camp. • Gypsies were also another target.

  8. Survivors • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=72EHKDgL2Rc • This is a video of a survivor at the camp of Chelmno. • No one in particular got a chance to survive such as people who may have a certain talent. At this camp everyone was treated equally.(horribly) However a few did manage to escape. • The ultimate purpose for this camp was to exterminate the Jews from the Warthegau

  9. References • http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/the-final-solution/the-death-camps/chelmno/#.UYFMZqLFVPA • http://www.jewishgen.org/forgottenCamps/Camps/ChelmnoEng.html • http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/chelmno.html • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Chelmno.html

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