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'''Hans Johann Bothmann''' (November 11<sup>th</sup>, 1911 - April 4<sup>th</sup>, 1946) was was the last commandant of the [[Chełmno extermination camp]] from 1942 and the leader of the ''SS Special Detachment Bothmann'' conducting the [[The Holocaust|extermination of Jews]] from the Łódź Ghetto. | '''Hans Johann Bothmann''' (November 11<sup>th</sup>, 1911 - April 4<sup>th</sup>, 1946) was was the last commandant of the [[Chełmno extermination camp]] from 1942 and the leader of the ''SS Special Detachment Bothmann'' conducting the [[The Holocaust|extermination of Jews]] from the Łódź Ghetto. | ||
==The Holocaust== | ==The Holocaust== | ||
In 1942, Bothmann replaced [[Herbert Lange]] as commandant of Chełmno, and made substantial changes to the camp's killing methods, prompted by two incidents in which the camp's gas van either broke down or exploded. The most prominent changes were that poison was added to the gas van's fuel tank, and the gas van was now pared before the gas was pumped in. | In 1942, Bothmann replaced [[Herbert Lange]] as commandant of Chełmno, and made substantial changes to the camp's killing methods, prompted by two incidents in which the camp's gas van either broke down or exploded. The most prominent changes were that poison was added to the gas van's fuel tank, and the gas van was now pared before the gas was pumped in. |