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From 16/06/2021, we are resuming the possibility of visiting the grounds of the Treblinka Museum with a Museum guide
16 June 2021
Dear Guests,From 16/06/2021, we are resuming the possibility of visiting the grounds of the Treblinka Museum with a Museum gu...
May 10, 1964 – unveiling of the Commemoration of Treblinka I Penal Labour Camp
10 May 2021
The monument in the clearing at the Execution Site has the form of a non-uniform wall made of red sandstone, dimensions: 12m ...
May 10, 1964 – unveiling of the Commemoration of Treblinka II Extermination Camp
10 May 2021
The boundaries of the former extermination camp were marked with two-meter, severely hewn stones. In front of the symbolic en...
From 04/05/2021 the exhibition in the Museum building is open to visitors
3 May 2021
Dear Guests,We are pleased to inform you that from 04/05/2021 the exhibition in the Museum building is open to visitors.A max...
The Treblinka Museum is looking for information about 105 arrested people from the Prostyń commune
19 April 2021
Dear Sir or Madam,The Treblinka Museum is looking for information on the event of April 14, 1944, concerning the arrest of 10...
2021 – the Year of the Ładoś Group
19 April 2021
'Ładoś group' also known as the 'Bernese Group'2021 is the year of the 80th anniversary of the start of the campaign to sav...
Functioning of the Treblinka Museum from 15.03 to 03.05
14 March 2021
Dear Guests,We inform that from March 15 to May 03, 2021, the exhibition at the Treblinka Museum is closed to visitors.At the...
Information on the opening of the Treblinka Museum for visitors
2 February 2021
Ladies and Gentleman,We are pleased to inform you that from 02.02.2021 the exhibition in the Museum building is open to visit...
Functioning of the Treblinka Museum from 28.12 to 17.01
28 December 2020
Dear Guests,Due to the decision of Government of the Republic of Poland from 17 December 2020 about the extension of closure ...
The opening hours of the grounds of the Treblinka Museum between 24.12-01.01
21 December 2020
The opening hours of the grounds of the Treblinka Museum between 24.12-01.0124 December – 9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.25-26 Dece...
The book “The Jews in Siedlce 1850-1945”
16 December 2020
We are pleased to invite you to read the book "The Jews in Siedlce 1850-1945" written by Edward Kopówka, PhD, the Director o...
Treblinka Museum Exhibition “Treblinka Station. Between Life and Death”
16 December 2020
The assumption behind the presented exhibition is to let the history witness speak, which is why it is based on the selected ...
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...
Treblinka I20171120100046
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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