how many people died at chelmno
The estimated number of deaths is 150-300,000, mainly Jews. Chelmno, also known as Kulmhof, was a small town roughly 50 miles from the city of Lodz. It was here that the first mass killings of Jews by gas took place as part of the Final Solution.. The murder process was set up by a Sonderkommando, under the command of Herbert Lange.