Protokoły wizji lokalnej na terenach poobozowych w Chełmnie i lesie rzuchowskim przeprowadzonej 1 kwietnia 1945 r. przez przedstawicieli władz powiatu tureckiego
Reports on an on-site inspection of the former camp area at Chełmno and the Rzuchów forest on 1 April 1945 by representatives of the Turek county authorities

Summary/Abstract: After the liquidation of the Chełmno extermination camp, the post-camp areas remained unattended by local authorities for two months. On 1 April 1945, thanks to the personal efforts of Holocaust survivor Jakub Waldman, a commission of representatives of the authorities of the neighboring Turek county arrived at Chełmno. The results are the reports presented below, which testify to the knowledge of villagers and residents about the crimes committed by the SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof. The materials collected by the commission were handed over to the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Łódź, which, on 26 May 1945, led to an on-site inspection of the former camp area by members of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland headed by Zofia Nałkowska, and then to the launch of an official investigation by the examining judge of the District Court in Łódź, Władysław Bednarz.

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