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Visit of the Ambassador of Japan in Treblinka Museum
10 November 2021
On November 9, 2021, the Ambassador of Japan to Poland Akio Miyajima visited Treblinka Museum. During the visit, the Ambassad...
Information on November, 1 2021.
28 October 2021
Dear visitors,We would like to inform that on 01/11/2021 the exhibition in the Treblinka Museum building will be closed. The ...
Visit of the youth from Magdeburg to the Treblinka Museum
25 October 2021
On October 11-14, a group of youth from the Berufsbildende Schule "Dr Otto Schlein" in Magdeburg visited the Treblinka Museum...
The Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria Margarita Ganeva visits the Treblinka Museum
25 October 2021
On October 11, 2021, the Treblinka Museum, represented by Director Edward Kopówka, hosted the Delegation of the Republic of ...
September 4, 2021 – Patriotic and religious ceremony at the Execution Site
28 September 2021
Traditionally, on the first Saturday of September, patriotic and religious ceremony was held on the premises of the former Tr...
The 78th anniversary of the revolt in the Treblinka II Extermination Camp
28 September 2021
On August 2, 1943, on Monday afternoon, a revolt of prisoners of the Treblinka II Extermination Camp broke out. From the spri...
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...
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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