List of Illustrations List of Maps Acknowledgments Foreword by Christopher R. Browning Introduction 1. Prologue The Euthanasia Program Mobile Killing Operations The Turning Point 2. 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 3. Extermination: The second period (1944-1945) Re-Establishing The Camp A New Killing Procedure Final Liquidation of The Camp 4. Epilogue Chelmno: 1945 to the Present The Number of Victims Conclusion and Reflection Appendices Appendix I: The Gas Vans Appendix II: The Kaszy?ski Affair Appendix III: Fates of Key Figures Notes Bibliography
A study of the Holocaust. It reveals information of the organisation and workings of the Nazis' 'Final Solution'. It details the various aspects of the camp's history, organisation and operations and to remedy the dearth of information in the Holocaust literature about Chelmno, which served as a template for the Nazis' 'Final Solution'.
Patrick Montague received a Fulbright Scholarship to fund his research on the history of CheAmno - this book arises from his research.
'CheAmno and the Holocaust is very well researched and presents in highly accessible form a significant amount of new material. Patrick Montague gives much attention to the Jewish victims of CheAmno, but also explores in greater depth the background, motives and behaviour of the SS men, their local ethnic German auxiliaries and, in particular, the group of Polish former prisoners who were deployed as helpers and who turned into collaborators. This is an important contribution to the history of the genocide against Europe's Jews and also sheds important light on the mass murder of the disabled and Gypsies at the hands of the Third Reich. It will become the standard work on the killing site at CheAmno.' - David Cesarani, Research Professor in History, Royal Holloway, University of London 'Through assiduous research into new sources Patrick Montague gives a chilling account of the CheAmno camp, from its unusual topography to its terrible death toll to its overall horror. He further reconstructs Nazi extermination policies in the Warthegau, the German-annexed territory which CheAmno was to serve, while analyzing the camp's German personnel as well as the Poles and Jews who served in its nightmarish work detachments. In all, CheAmno and the Holocaust is an essential addition to Holocaust scholarship.'- Norman J. W. Goda, Norman and Irma Braman, Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Florida 'CheAmno is a subject that is relatively underrepresented in the growing literature in Holocaust studies in general and histories of the camps in particular. This book provides a very useful addition to the English language historiography and will be a valuable reference work for historians interested in knowing more about the evolution of the CheAmno camp. It is well written and packed with detail.' -Tim Cole, Senior Lecturer in Social History, Bristol University
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