View of the village of Chelmno. To the left of the church is the Schloss, one of two sites of the Chelmno camp. The Schloss, an old country estate, served as a reception and extermination center for victims until it was demolished in April 1943. Chelmno, Poland, 1939–1943. Photograph »

Young German soldiers assist in the deportation of Jews from the Zychlin ghetto to the Chelmno camp. The Nazis planned this deportation to fall on the Jewish holiday of Purim. Poland, March 3, 1942. Photograph »

View of the manor house in Chelmno that became the site of the Chelmno extermination camp. Chelmno, Poland, 1939. Photograph »

Jews from the Lodz ghetto are forced to transfer to a narrow-gauge railroad at Kolo during deportation to the Chelmno extermination camp. Kolo, Poland, probably 1942. Photograph »

Jews carrying their possessions during deportation to the Chelmno extermination camp. Most of the people seen here had previously been deported to Lodz from central Europe. Lodz, Poland, between January and April 1942. Photograph »

Family members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the ghetto's central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were held before deportation to Chelmno during the "Gehsperre" action. Lodz, Poland, September 1942. Photograph »

SS personnel stand guard while Lodz ghetto police board Jews onto a deportation train bound for Chelmno or Auschwitz. Lodz, Poland, between May and August 1944. Photograph »

Site at which the SS shot and burned the last 45 of 48 prisoners at Chelmno. The other three prisoners escaped. Chelmno, Poland, 1945. Photograph »

Postwar photograph of a building in Dabie where the possessions of Jews killed at the nearby Chelmno camp were stored. Dabie, Poland, June 1945. Photograph »

Postwar photo of a church in the village of Chelmno. Jews were kept in this building en route to the Chelmno camp. Chelmno, Poland, June 1945. Photograph »