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Visiting the Museum on May 1-3, 2025
29 April 2025
We inform that on May 1st (Thursday), May 2nd (Friday) and May 3rd (Saturday) the Treblinka Museum is open to visitors. Visit...
April 19 – Anniversary of the armed uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
29 April 2025
On April 19, 1943, an armed uprising broke out in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was the first urban uprising in German-occupied Europ...
Visiting the Museum on April 19-21, 2025
15 April 2025
We would like to inform that on April 19, 2024 (Saturday) the exhibition in the Treblinka Museum building will be open to Vis...
International Roma Day
8 April 2025
On April 8, International Roma Day, we encourage you to read the IHRA Recommendations for Teaching and Learning about the Per...
Visit of the Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Treblinka Museum
2 April 2025
On March 30th, the Treblinka Museum was visited by the Ambassador of Bulgaria, Her Excellency Margarita Ganeva. The Ambassado...
Visit of the Ambassador of North Macedonia to the Treblinka Museum
12 March 2025
On March 11, the 82nd anniversary of the deportation of Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka II Extermination Camp was commemorat...
Visit of the Ambassador of France to the Treblinka Museum
11 March 2025
On March 7, His Excellency Étienne de Poncins, the Ambassador of France to Poland, visited the Treblinka Museum. The Ambassad...
Memory of the Place Project
25 February 2025
Dear Readers,We invite you to participate in the new Treblinka Museum project Memory of the Place. The aim of the project is ...
Visit of the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Treblinka Museum
24 February 2025
On February 19, Her Excellency, the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ms. Nargiz Gurbanova, along with the Second Sec...
Presentation of the new edition of the exhibition “The Image of Treblinka in the Eyes of Samuel Willenberg”
30 January 2025
On January 23, the museum delegation participated in the presentation of a new edition of the exhibition "The Image of Trebli...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
30 January 2025
January 27 has been recognized for many years as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day is not only an opportunity...
Announcement Regarding Visiting the Treblinka Museum Area
13 January 2025
Dear Visitors,Please be advised that due to the current weather conditions, we request you to exercise particular caution dur...
Camps
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Treblinka II
The Treblinka extermination camp (centre) was built by the Germans in mid-1942 next to a nearby penal labour camp. It was established as a part of Operation Reinhard, the goal of which was to eliminate the Jewish population. It covered an area of 17 hectares and was surrounded by a high barbed wire fence. The camp was operated by a command staff of 30-40 Germans and Austrians who were assisted by around 100-120 guards, mainly Ukrainians. Doctor of medicine Irmfried Eberl became the first command...
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Treblinka I
Penal Labour Camp functioned from the summer of 1941 to the end of July 1944. The initiator and organizer was the county staroste in Sokołów Podlaski, Ernst Gramss. The commandant of the camp throughout the entire period was Theo van Eupen. German service consisted of about 20 people. They had help from a group of guards (about 100 people) – mainly Ukrainians. Over 20,000 prisoners went through the camp, of which about 10,000 died or were shot....
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