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Chełmno (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 018 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 18.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Village located on Ner River, infamous as the site of the first Nazi concentration camp to conduct mass executions of Jews, which was in operation from 1941-1945. The camp was divided into two parts: a "killing center" where victims were gassed in mobile killing vans, which was located in and around a manor house in the center of town, and a forest clearing on the outskirts of the village, where mass graves were located. At least 152,000 people were killed by the SS at Chełmno. |
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| Chełmno (preferred,C,V)
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| Keulmhof (C,V)
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| Chelmno (C,V)
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| Kulmhof (C,V)
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| Chełmno nad Nerem (C,V)
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| Chełmno on the Ner (C,V)
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| Chełmno am Ner (C,V)
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| Khelemno (C,V)
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Chełmno (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| concentration camp site (H) |
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1941-1945 |
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