| Chelmno |
| 1. Feig, Konnilyn, "Hitlers Death Camps." Holme & Meier Publishers, Inc: 1981. p. 29. 2. Feig, p. 266. 3. Feig, p. 268. |
| As the first killing center, Chelmno was a secret camp. As early as 1939, the Nazis were killing people at the camp. As many as 340,000 people were gassed at the camp, ninety-nine percent of whom were Jewish. The bodies of the victimes were burned in nearby woods.(2) December 8, 1941 marked the beginning of transports of Jews into the camp for extermination. The primary goal of the camp was to get rid of the 450,000 Jews in the Warthegau area. Jews were also transported from other areas of Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Holland. 5,000 Gypsies, and 1,000 Polish and Russian POWs were also killed at Chelmno.(3). |