The countryside around Chełmno nad Ner

Chelmno nad Ner was the first Nazi death camp, operating from 7 December 1941.This film shows a journey around the camp and shows what the countryside looks like today whilst I give some background into the murder operations in this camp.Please also see my website and blogs which contain information about where this was filmed and some of the background: Polish Business News: http://www.pbn.com.pl and Central and Eastern European Packaging: http://www.ceepackaging.com

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: alanheath

Length: 10:41
Rating: 4.60
Views: 1168

Tags: camp Chelmno church Claude death gas ghetto holocaust Jewish Jews Kolo Lanzmann Lodz nad Nazi Ner oboz shoah van zaglady

Video Comments

freyaPL (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

why are you using "nazi camp" name?

alanheath (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I am not certain of the details in this case but in September 1942 it is possible that they were taken by train to Koło and then changed onto the narrow gauge railway line to Chelmno.I suspect (but am not certain) that the victims were taken from the train to the manor house in groups of around 100 in order to be murdered.I will shortly be publishing more information on this camp.

alanheath (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I will be adding more information on the Chelmno nad Ner death camp in the future.

alanheath (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

This was one of the largest deportation actions that took place. However there are records of those deported from the Lodz ghetto which are comparitively thorough. I cannot remember now how much information there is for the 11 Sept. deportation but the Jewish Gen database tends to be thorough, I even met the family of the pre war neighbours of my former partner through it.

josil001 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Thanks for that!My grandmother was deported from Lodz to Chelmno with two of her children on the 11th of September 1942 according to the JewishGen database. Her name was Chaya Yelen and her childrens' names were Moshe and Zissel Esther. Further according to that website, the victims were generally killed on the same or next day which means that my family was killed on the eve of or on Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year).