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September 3, 2022 – Patriotic and religious ceremony at the Execution Site
9 September 2022
Traditionally, on the first Saturday of September, patriotic and religious ceremony in honour of the Victims of the Treblinka...
On August 4, the Treblinka Museum was visited by Ike Alterman – Holocaust Survivor, his family and Caroline Sturdy Colls
9 September 2022
On August 4, the Treblinka Museum was visited by the Holocaust Survivor Ike Alterman from Ożarów. During World War II, Mr. ...
“Treblinka – ostrzega i przypomina! W 80. rocznicę utworzenia Karnego Obozu Pracy Treblinka I” – a new book by the Treblinka Museum
9 September 2022
We present to you the publication (in Polish language) which is the result of the international scientific conference “Treb...
On August 2, 2002 Ada Krystyna Willenberg was awarded with the medal “Meritorious for the Treblinka Museum” by the Director of the Treblinka Museum, dr Edward Kopówka
4 August 2022
The commemorative medal "Meritorious for the Treblinka Museum" honours special merits to the Treblinka Museum. Nazi German Ex...
Unveiling of the cornerstone of the new exhibition and educational facility on the premises of the Treblinka Museum
3 August 2022
After the official ceremonies commemorating the 79th anniversary of the revolt of the prisoners of the Treblinka II Extermina...
79th anniversary of the outbreak of the revolt at the Treblinka II Extermination Camp on 2nd August
3 August 2022
The organizer of the ceremony commemorating the revolt at the Treblinka II Extermination Camp was the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewi...
„This day was a special day for us”. 79th anniversary of the revolt of Treblinka II death camp prisoners
28 July 2022
On August 2, 1943, Jewish prisoners of the Nazi German extermination camp Treblinka II started a revolt. They attacked the SS...
Invitation for the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the revolt at the Treblinka II Extermination Camp
26 July 2022
On August 2, 1943, on Monday afternoon, the revolt of the Jewish prisoners of the Treblinka II German Nazi Extermination Camp...
Study visit of the youth from Germany
22 July 2022
On July 19, 2022, another group of youth from Germany visited the Treblinka Museum. The group, accompanied by Dr. Edward Suł...
June 14, 2022, celebration of the National Remembrance Day for the Victims of the German Nazi Concentration Camps and Death Camps
15 June 2022
On June 14, 2022, at the Treblinka Museum, the commemorative celebration of the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims o...
April 9 – 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
19 April 2022
On April 19, 1943, an armed uprising, led by Mordechaj Anielewicz, broke out in the Warsaw ghetto. After his suicide, Marek E...
Funeral ceremony in Prostyń
11 April 2022
April 8 is the International Romani Day. This holiday was officially declared in 1990 at the 4th Congress of the Internationa...
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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