{"id":19160,"date":"2023-08-07T09:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/2023\/08\/07\/80th-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-ii-death-camp\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T09:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:39:24","slug":"80th-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-ii-death-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/2023\/08\/07\/80th-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-ii-death-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"80th anniversary of the revolt at the Treblinka II Death Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samuel Willenberg described his escape from the camp during the revolt on August 2, 1943 as follow: \u201cNow I run with the others toward the vegetable garden gate. Reaching the fence, a horrifying sight greeted me: mases of human corpses strewn between the tank obstacles. Dead prisoners stood erect like tombstones; thick masses of human bodies leaned against the obstacles and barbed-wire fence\u201d.<\/p>\n

Source: S. Willenberg, Revolt in Treblinka, Warszawa 1992, p. 145.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was organized by the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in cooperation with the Treblinka Museum. This year is the 80th anniversary of the armed revolt in Treblinka. The ceremony was inaugurated by Ada Krystyna Willenberg, the widow of Samuel Willenberg, a former prisoner of the camp. She guided participants around the \u201cImage of Treblinka in the eyes of Samuel Willenberg\u201d outdoor exhibition. It was exhibited at the symbolic sidetrack in the former area of the death camp.\u00a0 The exhibition was organized by courtesy of the Warsaw Institute of National Remembrance. The sculptures will be exhibited at the permanent exhibition in the new building of the Treblinka Museum.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was attended by Ada Willenberg and her family and Pavla Fr\u00f6hlich Glazar \u2013 daughter of Richard Glazar, a former prisoner of the Death Camp, author of the book entitled “Treblinka Station”.<\/p>\n

The ceremony at the central monument was commenced by Monika Krawczyk, Director of the Jewish Historical Institute. She emphasized that Treblinka is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries. After that, the following guests spoke:<\/p>\n

Ada Willenberg \u2013 Holocaust survivor, widow of Samuel Willenberg, a prisoner of the Treblinka Death Camp,<\/p>\n

A letter from the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, was read out by Piotr \u0106wik – Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland,<\/p>\n

Ma\u0142gorzata Kidawa-B\u0142o\u0144ska \u2013 Deputy Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland,<\/p>\n

Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka \u2013 Deputy Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland,<\/p>\n

Prof. Piotr Wawrzyk Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,<\/p>\n

The letter of the Secretary of State Dr. Jaros\u0142aw Sellin was read by Dr. Piotr Szpanowski – Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,<\/p>\n

Dani Dayan \u2013 Director of the Yad Vashem Institute,<\/p>\n

Yacov Livne \u2013 \u00a0Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Poland,<\/p>\n

Robert Rohde \u2013 Minister Plenipotentiary at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany,<\/p>\n

Adam Struzik – Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship,<\/p>\n

Aldona Machnowska-G\u00f3ra \u2013 Deputy Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw Warsaw,<\/p>\n

Karol Polejowski \u2013 Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance,<\/p>\n

Rabbi Meyer May \u2013 Executive Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles,<\/p>\n

The ceremony was also attended by:<\/p>\n

Catherine Godin \u2013 Ambassador of Canada to Poland, Robert Rohde – Minister Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany, Crispian Wilson – Political Counselor from Great Britain, Charg\u00e9e d’affaires Lucie Stepanyan from the French Embassy, Jorge Vieira Rodrigues – Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Portugal, Emily Martinez Roca – Secretary for Human Rights at the Embassy of the United States, Julia Tzerova \u2013 Counselor at the Embassy of Bulgaria, a delegation of the Union of Veterans of the Republic of Poland and Former Political Prisoners: President of the Main Board \u2013 \u00a0Warsaw Insurgent Col. Czes\u0142aw Lewandowski, former prisoner of the Stutthof concentration camp; El\u017cbieta Sadzy\u0144ska \u2013 Secretary General of the Main Board, J\u00f3zef Mali\u0144ski President of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship Board and Krzysztof Rinas \u2013 Director Offices of the Main Board and Dorota \u0141oboda \u2013 \u00a0representative of the City Council Office of Warsaw, Aleksander Ferens – Mayor of the \u015ar\u00f3dmie\u015bcie District, Dariusz Stopa from the Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, El\u017cbieta Sadowska – Starost of the Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski District, Jacek Odziemczyk \u2013 \u00a0Chairman of the Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski District Council, Marek Renik \u2013 Deputy Staroste of the W\u0119gr\u00f3w District, Grzegorz Szuplewski \u2013 \u00a0Mayor of Piast\u00f3w, Jan S\u0142omiak \u2013 Mayor of the town and commune of Kos\u00f3w Lacki, Bo\u017cena Kordek \u2013 Mayor of the Ma\u0142kinia G\u00f3rna commune, Albert Stankowski \u2013 Director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, representatives of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Kinga Biedrzycka from the Pawiak Prison Museum, branch of the Museum of Independence, Grzegorz Gemza\u0142a \u2013 representative of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression, Izabela Bednarczyk \u2013 \u00a0Deputy Director for Artistic Affairs of the Mazowiecki Institute of Culture, Andrzej Bie\u0144kowski – Deputy Director for Administration and Scholarships of the National Center for Culture, Tomasz Piechal from the Audiovisual Institute of Film Archive, Jacek M\u0142ynarski \u2013 Member of the Main Board and Edward Odoner Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Social and Cultural Association of Jews in Poland, Maya Samokovlija – Director of the World Jewish Congress, Renata W\u00f3jtiuk-Janusz \u2013 \u00a0Member of the Board of the Nissenbaum Family Foundation, Ma\u0142gorzata Justyna \u0141ukasiewicz-Traczy\u0144ska \u2013 \u00a0Director of the Dobry Grunt Foundation, Grzegorz Berendt \u2013 Director of the Museum of the Second World War in Gda\u0144sk, Ma\u0142gorzata Iwa\u0144ska-Kania \u2013 Director of the Municipal Public Library in Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski with Piotr Rybak \u2013 an employee of the History Documentation Department of the city of Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski, Karolina Kolbuszewska \u2013 Director of the Museum of the Pilecki Family House in Ostr\u00f3w Mazowiecka, Piotr Pop\u0142awski \u2013 Head of the Department of Educational and Cultural Projects at the Sybir Memorial Museum, Marek Fiuk, creator of the “Meritorious for the Treblinka Museum” medal, Tomasz Nowak, Barbara Janina Sochal \u2013 President of the Polish Association of Janusz Korczak, Ewa Tele\u017cy\u0144ska-Sawicka and Pawe\u0142 Sawicki from the “Memory of Treblinka” Foundation, Ewa Olszewska \u2013 Director of the Municipal Cultural Center in Kos\u00f3w Lacki, Hanna Przesmycka \u2013 Director of the White Eagle School in Kos\u00f3w Lacki, Agnieszka Ga\u015b \u2013 \u00a0Director of the Stanis\u0142aw Staszic School Complex in Ma\u0142kinia G\u00f3rna, Anna Maliszewska \u2013 Deputy Director of Stefan Wyszy\u0144ski Primary School in Kos\u00f3w Lacki, Artur Ziontek Member of the Museum Council at the Treblinka Museum, Edward Su\u0142ek and Peter Wetzel, representatives of ZHP R\u00f3j \u201cSosna\u201d Grey Ranks in Otwock<\/p>\n

After the speeches, Jewish rabbi and Christian priests prayed together with the participants of the ceremony. The prayers were led by Michael Schudrich \u2013 \u00a0Chief Rabbi of Poland, Fr. Dr. Grzegorz Giemza \u2013 Pastor of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in W\u0119gr\u00f3w, Fr. Krzysztof Nag\u00f3rny \u2013 \u00a0from the Catholic parish in Prosty\u0144.<\/p>\n

After the official part, the participants had a possibility to see the place where the gas chambers were found in August 2023, and where they were probably originally located. The elements of the building discovered during archaeological excavations will make it possible to learn more the gas chambers in the death camp. Additional analyzes are currently underway and the research will allow to finally conclude that these are actually fragments of the chambers.<\/p>\n

An important part of the ceremony was the ceremonial signing of the Act of Foundation for the construction of a new exhibition and educational facility on the premises of the Treblinka Museum. All participants were allowed to sign it.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Marshal Adam Struzik received the “Meritorious for the Treblinka Museum” commemorative medal. The medal honours special merits for the Treblinka Museum. The Nazi German Extermination and Forced Labour Camp (1941-1944). It is an expression of gratitude for the commitment and help in the implementation of the statutory objectives of the Museum.<\/p>\n

On that day, the finissage of the \u201cFissures. Practicing \u00a0the Memory\u201d exhibition by Barbara Janina Sochal and Aga Sochal was held.<\/p>\n

The participants could also see the outdoor exhibition \u201cRevolt in the SS-Sonderkommando Treblinka. Exhibition on the 80th anniversary of the revolt of the prisoners of the Treblinka II Death Camp\u201d, prepared by the Treblinka Museum. The exhibition will be presented until the end of August. The exhibition\u2019s author is Monika Samuel, an employee of the research department of the Treblinka Museum.<\/p>\n

On such an important day, the following delegations paid tribute to the Victims of the Treblinka I Penal Labour Camp by laying flowers at the Execution Site: the President and Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, the Jewish Historical Institute, the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, the Starosty in Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski, and the Treblinka Museum. The tribute was paid before the commencement of the ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the prisoners\u2019 revolt, which was held at the Memorial Site of Treblinka II Death Camp.<\/p>\n

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