Death camp at Chełmno nad Nerem : main line railway

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The main north - south railway line passes very close to the site of the former Nazi death camp at Chełmno nad Ner.
In May 1944 the Nazis were deporting to Auschwitz faster than at any time previously. They were attempting to murder nearly one million Hungarian Jews and the clock was against them.
Auschwitz was extremely deadly but additional support was needed.
It is my opinion that around 50,000 people were taken to Stutthof near Gdańsk and this is borne out by the archives of that camp.
However it is illogical that the Nazis reopened Chelmno only to kill people from the Lodz ghetto who could also have been taken to Auschwitz (and were taken there in August 1944).
There is no evidence that Hungarian people were taken to Chełmno.

Please also see my website and blogs which contain information about where this was filmed and some of the background: http://www.pbn.com.pl and http://www.ceepackaging.com

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[24327355]

This is hellava timeing to watch the train go past, gives a flavour of the cattle cars,kinda sinister, but once again ,on the money Alan.

[alanheath]

@24327355 I like filming trains - I have been lucky in this respect!

[weeknightingale]

I missed seeing Auschwitz when I was visiting Poland it was winter and I believe it was not open at the time. Plus I think my father wanted me to have happy memories of his homeland. In 1970 the conditions were so depressing.

You seem to have a great understanding of the history. Thank you for sharing the videos!