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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...
Study visit of the youth from Magdeburg
11 April 2022
On March 28, the youth from Magdeburg visited the Treblinka Museum. The group consisted of 25 people, accompanied by tutors: ...
Signing a contract for the development of comprehensive documentation for the new exhibition and educational facility of the Treblinka Museum
18 March 2022
Today, a contract with the Bujnowski Architekci sp. z o.o. company was signed at the seat of the Treblinka Museum. Bujnowski ...
2022 – the year of Władysław Bartoszewski
25 February 2022
Władysław Bartoszewski was born on February 19, 1922 in Warsaw. He was a writer, historian, journalist, academic lecturer a...
On February 16, 1923, Samuel Willenberg was born in Częstochowa
23 February 2022
On February 16, 1923, Samuel Willenberg, pseudonym "Igo", was born in Częstochowa (Poland). He was a prisoner of the Treblin...
Information about the rules of moving around the site of the Treblinka Museum.
22 February 2022
For safety reasons the visitors are requested to walk only on designated trails at the site of the Treblinka Museum. It is st...
On January 27 a press conference was held at the Treblinka Museum
14 February 2022
On January 27 a press conference was held at the Treblinka Museum. The event took place on the International Holocaust Rememb...
Information about guided tours at the Treblinka Museum
11 February 2022
We are glad to inform that from 15/02/2022 we are resuming the possibility of visiting the grounds of the Treblinka Museum wi...
Information about guided tours at the Treblinka Museum
1 February 2022
Due to the continuous increase in COVID-19 cases Treblinka Museum. The Nazi German Extermination and Forced Labour Camp (1941...
The news of the death of Zygmunt Chłopek, a former prisoner of the Treblinka I Penal Labour Camp.
10 January 2022
It is with deep sorrow that we received the information of the death of Zygmunt Chłopek, a former prisoner of the Treblinka ...
Museum Treblinka opening hours on 24/12 and 31/12/2021
14 December 2021
We would like to inform that on 24/12/2021 and 31/12/2021 the Treblinka Museum. The Nazi German Extermination and Forced Labo...
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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