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Kulmhof - Waldkommando

'Waldkommando' (Waldlager) - general view of the large area in Rzuchowski Forest where SS-Sonderkommando Kulmhof killed and buried around 150.000 - 170.000 victims, mainly Jews.

Crematorium in the Waldlager.

Crematorium in the Waldlager - fragments of the excavated parts of the underground oven. The ventilator pipe is visible in the centre of the photo.

Crematorium No 3 (1st Stage of Death Camp activity).

Waldlager - street of monuments.

We still don't know too much about the fencing of the Waldlager. From testimonies of eye-witnesses we know that the Waldlager area was fenced by tall wooden boards and by barbed wire stretched on the trees. Some trees still have the deep furrows from the barbed wire.