It was operated by the SS and SD.
Chelmno The extermination camp operated from December 1941 till March 1943.
The extermination camp Chelmno was located near Chełmno nad Nerem; in Poland.
they didn't it was a extermination camp not a concentration camp
The sole purpose of Chelmno was extermination by gassing in closed vans.
Their was 4 big ones and 1 little barracks in Chelmno.
The extermination camp operated from December 1941 till March 1943. It reopened briefly in June 1944 for two months. News of the camp reached London (via the Polish Resistance) late in December 1941.
Chelmno was an extermination camp. There are only two known survivors.
The smallest Nazi death camp was Chelmno, located in occupied Poland. Established in late 1941, it operated until 1945 and was primarily used for the extermination of Jews and Roma. Unlike larger camps, Chelmno's operations were more mobile, utilizing gas vans to carry out mass killings. Despite its size, it was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 individuals.
Yes, Chelmno was the first extermination camp and began routine gassings on 8 December 1941. A small number of Jews were used to dig mass graves for others, but apart from that it was not used as forced labour camp.
It was in a small town in Poland, about 45 miles WNW of Lodz.
Chelmno was an extermination camp (killing centre) and served no other purpose at all: the aim was to gas all new arrivals within 24 hours ... Occasionally, a few were 'selected' to help with the disposal of the corpses.
Chelmno is in a part of Poland that had been annexed by Germany in 1939. It is to the north of Lodz. Chelmno was an extermination camp, and the prisoners were gassed as soon as practical - ususally within 24 hours of arrival. They were not of course given a 'last meal'; they were not fed. (It was a 'killing facility' and served no other purpose). As at all extermination camps, a very small number of healthy-looking new arrivals were selected to help with aspects of the killing process itself - in particular, digging mass graves. There are only two known survivors.