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The Chelmno killing center was the first stationary facility where poison gas was used for mass murder of Jews. Killing operations began there in December 1941.
Explore a timeline of key events during 1939 in the history of Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust.
The "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to kill the Jews of Europe, was a core goal of Adolf Hitler and the culmination of German policy under Nazi rule.
Explore a timeline of key events during 1940 in the history of Nazi Germany, World War II, and the Holocaust.
December 8, 1941. On this date, killing operations began at the Chelmno killing center.
The Nazis established killing centers in German-occupied Europe during WWII. They built these killing centers for the mass murder of human beings.
The Krakow ghetto in German-occupied Poland held over 15,000 Jews. Learn more about Krakow and the ghetto’s history during the Holocaust and WWII.
Learn more about the SS and the organization’s involvement in perpetrating the Holocaust.
By September 1939, over half of German Jews had emigrated. WWII would accelerate the persecution, deportation, and later, mass murder, of the remainder of Germany's Jews.
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