Kammala wannan magana: A lokacin da Jamus da Soviet suka mamaye Poland, wanda ya fara yakin duniya na biyu, a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1939, sojojin Soviet Red Army sun mamaye Poland.
Ya mamaye Chełm, amma ya janye makonni biyu bayan haka daidai da Yarjejeniyar kan iyakar Jamus da Soviet. Tun daga 7 zuwa 9 ga Oktoba 1939 sojojin Jamus suka mamaye garin kuma aka sake masa suna "Kulm". A farkon yakin, yawan mutanen Chełm sun kai kusan 33,000 daga cikinsu 15,000 Yahudawa ne. A ranar Juma'a, 1 ga Disamba, 1939, da karfe 8 na safe, an kori Yahudawa maza kusan 2000 zuwa kasuwar kasuwa ("Okrąglak" ko "Rynek") da kewaye da rukunin SS na Jamus da jami'an 'yan asalin yankin. An tilasta musu su yi tafiyar mutuwa zuwa Hrubieszów. An kashe ɗaruruwan mutane a kan tafiya, wasu kuma aka azabtar da su kuma aka yi musu dūka. An kai su iyakar Soviet inda aka tilasta musu su ƙetare kogin a ƙarƙashin harbin bindiga. A ƙarshe watakila 400 daga cikin mutanen sun tsira daga mutuwar mutuwa kuma 1600 aka yanka.