Chełmno and the Holocaust : the history of Hitler's first death camp / Patrick Montague ; foreword by Christopher R. Browning.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index.

Prologue. The euthanasia program -- Moblie killing operations -- The turning point -- Extermination: the first period (1941-1943). Establishing the camp -- The transports -- The mansion: arrival, murder, plunder -- The forest camp -- Resumption of transports -- Escapes -- First liquidation of the camp -- Extermination: the second period (1944-1945). Re-establishing the camp -- A new killing procedure -- Final liquidation of the camp -- Epilogue. Chełmno:1945 to the present -- The number of victims -- Conlcusion and reflection -- Appedices. Appedix I: the gas vans -- Appendix II: the Kaszyński affair -- Appendix III: fates of key figures.