{"id":26618,"date":"2026-05-20T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/treblinka-memorial-site\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:40:12","slug":"treblinka-memorial-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/treblinka-memorial-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Treblinka Memorial Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treblinka Memorial Site commemorates the victims of the German Nazi camps: the Treblinka II Extermination Camp (1942\u20131943) and the Treblinka I Labour Camp (1941\u20131944). It also encompasses the areas and facilities associated with the operation of these camps, including the Gravel Pit, the Black Road connecting the two camps, the Execution Site, and the area of the former Treblinka railway station. It is one of the most significant Holocaust memorial sites in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is estimated that between 800,000 and 900,000\u00a0Jews\u00a0<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>were murdered in the Treblinka II Extermination Camp. The victims were primarily Polish citizens, as well as Jews deported from other European countries. The victims also included Roma and Sinti <a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>. In the Treblinka I Labour Camp, approximately 10,000 Jews, Poles, and Roma <a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> were executed or died as a result of disease, exhaustion, and forced labour. The Treblinka Memorial Site is the largest burial and commemoration site for victims who were citizens of the Second Polish Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treblinka Museum. The German Nazi Extermination Camp and the Labour Camp (1941\u20131944) is located at W\u00f3lka Okr\u0105glik 115 (08-330 Kos\u00f3w Lacki). Since 1 July 2018, it has operated as an independent cultural institution. Its founding body is the Mazovian Voivodeship Self-Government, and it is co-managed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;References&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0R\u00f3\u017cycki, Sebastian, Kop\u00f3wka, Edward and Zalewska, Natalia,\u00a0Ob\u00f3z zag\u0142ady Treblinka II. Topografia zbrodni, Treblinka\u2013Warszawa 2021, pp. 75\u201376.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0Bukowski, Krzysztof, \u2018Holokaust Rom\u00f3w w Niemieckich Nazistowskich Obozach w Treblince (w dokumentach Oddzia\u0142owej Komisji \u015acigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu w Szczecinie). Zarys problemu\u2019, in:\u00a0Treblinka. Historia i Pami\u0119\u0107 = Treblinka. History and Memory, ed. Edward Kop\u00f3wka, trans. Piotr \u0141opuski, Siedlce 2015, pp. 57\u201377.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), Delegation in Siedlce (DS), ref. no. 60\/64, vol. I, fol. 28, Protok\u00f3\u0142 z ekshumacji, act no. 2 of 23 August 1944; IPN, DS, ref. no. 60\/64, vol. I, fol. 390, Protok\u00f3\u0142 z ekshumacji, act no. 3 of 23 August 1944; IPN, Branch Office (Ob), ref. no. 194, Protoko\u0142y z ogl\u0119dzin of 9 August 1946 and 10 August 1946; see also: \u0141ukaszkiewicz, Zdzis\u0142aw, \u2018Ob\u00f3z pracy w Treblince\u2019, Biuletyn GKBZH w Polsce, 1947, vol. III, pp. 109\u2013122; District Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Siedlce (OKBZN), ref. no. 47, fols 29\u201332, cited in: Kop\u00f3wka, Edward and Rytel-Andrianik, Pawe\u0142, Dam im imi\u0119 na wieki (Iz 56,5). Polacy z okolic Treblinki ratuj\u0105cy \u017byd\u00f3w, Oksford\u2013Warszawa 2011, p. 66.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] The Treblinka Memorial Site commemorates the victims of the German Nazi camps: the Treblinka II Extermination Camp (1942\u20131943) and the Treblinka I Labour Camp (1941\u20131944). It also encompasses the areas and facilities associated with the operation of these camps, including the Gravel Pit, the Black Road connecting the two camps, the Execution Site, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26618"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26678,"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26618\/revisions\/26678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}