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1. The basement of this church in Dabie was used as a holding place for Jews on their way to Chelmno. The church itself, however, was not a place of worship during the war.

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Date:: 1945

2. The grain elevator, where Jews were kept before they were loaded into gassing vans, killed, and then taken to the forest for cremation. This is also the site where 45 of the last 48 prisoners held at Chelmno were shot and burned before the advance of the Red Army.

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Date:: 1945

3. A mill where Jews were kept before transportation to the camp for execution.

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Date:: 1945

4. The belongings of Jews gassed at Chelmno cover the floor of a synagogue in nearby Kolo, where prisoners were kept before they were taken by truck to the killing center.

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Date:: 1945

5. A stone memorial to the 340,000 Polish and 20,000 other Jews murdered in the Chelmno death camp.

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Date:: Circa 1950

6. A synagogue in Kolo, a town near Chelmno, where Jews were kept until they could be loaded into gas vans, executed, and cremated at Chelmno.

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Date:: 1945

7. A synagogue in Kolo, a town near Chelmno, where Jews were kept until they could be loaded into gas vans, executed, and cremated at Chelmno.

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Date:: 1945

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