Poland · Chełmno nad Nerem
Chełmno extermination camp
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Chełmno nad Nerem
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Wilhelm Brack1905–1942
- Oskar Simon1886–1942
- Anneliese Cohn1919–1942
- Samuel Zuckermann1878–1942
- Walter Helmuth Schwerin1890–1944 · physician
- Liselotte Strauss1905–1942
- Julia Alice Simon1896–1942 · opera singer
- Ruth Amalie Simon1928–1942
- Else Rosa Rauch1888–1942 · teacher
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q160152)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Chełmno extermination camp. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/chelmno-extermination-camp
"Chełmno extermination camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 26, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/chelmno-extermination-camp.
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title = {Chełmno extermination camp},
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urldate = {2026-10-26}
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