![View of the manor house in Chelmno that became the site of the Chelmno killing center. [LCID: 43097]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/28f42d5e-4560-483c-aa13-1aaa56f6c29d.jpg)
In fall 1941, Nazi German officials requisitioned a manor house in the Polish village of Chełmno nad Nerem. This manor house (which had previously been converted to apartments) became part of the Chełmno killing center. Chełmno nad Nerem, Poland, 1939.
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