{"id":25434,"date":"2025-08-05T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/2025\/08\/05\/82nd-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-extermination-camp\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:38:08","slug":"82nd-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-extermination-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muzeumtreblinka.eu\/en\/2025\/08\/05\/82nd-anniversary-of-the-revolt-at-the-treblinka-extermination-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"82nd Anniversary of the Revolt at the Treblinka Extermination Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On 4 August, commemorative ceremonies took place to mark the anniversary of the revolt at the Treblinka Extermination Camp. The event was organised by the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in cooperation with the Treblinka Museum. On 2 August 1943, shortly before 4:00 p.m., a prisoner revolt broke out at the Treblinka Extermination Camp. At the time, 840 prisoners were held in the camp, 105 of whom did not participate in the uprising. These were people who were already mentally exhausted and resigned. Samuel Willenberg described the escape from the extermination camp as follows:<\/p>\n

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When we reached the fence, a horrifying sight met our eyes. Bodies were strewn everywhere. Among the tank barriers stood the corpses of prisoners, upright like statues. A mass of human bodies, forming a sort of bridge, lay on the barbed wire and barricades.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The ceremony at the central monument began with a performance of the \u201cSong of the Treblinka Death Camp\u201d, composed by a former prisoner of the camp, likely an Austrian Jew, Konrad Mann. Some attribute the piece to Artur Gold, a jazz musician and composer. The song was performed by Andrzej Ciepli\u0144ski and Piotr Przedbora. Dr Micha\u0142 Tr\u0119bacz, Director of the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, then addressed the gathering. In his speech, he reminded those present:<\/p>\n

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We meet here every year to pay tribute to the victims of the Treblinka Extermination Camp \u2013 nearly one million people murdered here. People whose memory, like that of this place, was meant to vanish. Our presence here, and above all the long-standing work of institutions and organisations engaged in Holocaust history, is the best proof that it has not.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ada Willenberg, Holocaust survivor and widow of Samuel Willenberg, a former prisoner of Treblinka, also spoke. She thanked those gathered for attending and emphasised that Treblinka is a family cemetery for her \u2013 this is where her closest relatives were murdered, and where her husband Samuel was imprisoned for 10 months. Further speakers included: Tadeusz Deszkiewicz, Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, who read a letter from President Andrzej Duda, expressing gratitude, among others, to the Treblinka Museum for its dedicated work in commemorating the victims of German crimes. Maciej \u017bywno, Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, who read a letter on behalf of Senate Marshal Ma\u0142gorzata Kidawa-B\u0142o\u0144ska. Marta Cienkowska, Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, who thanked, among others, the organiser \u2013 Marshal of the Mazovian Voivodeship, Adam Struzik \u2013 for his particular sensitivity and care for this site. Jaakov Finkelstein, Ambassador of Israel. Aldona Machnowska-G\u00f3ra, Deputy Mayor of the City of Warsaw. Sylwester Rytel-Adrianik, Soko\u0142\u00f3w District Councillor, who read a letter from Senator Waldemar Kraska. Zbigniew Czerkas, who read a letter from Adam G\u00f3ral, District Governor of Soko\u0142\u00f3w District.<\/p>\n

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Among the attendees were:<\/p>\n

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1. Zuzanna Schnepf-Ko\u0142acz \u2013 Deputy Director for Programming at the Jewish Historical Institute.<\/p>\n

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2. Craig Mills \u2013 Counsellor at the British Embassy.<\/p>\n

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3. Luigi Ripamonti \u2013 Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires, and Alessia Giovannini \u2013 Second Secretary, Embassy of Italy.<\/p>\n

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4. Karol\u00edna \u0160\u010derbej \u2013 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

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5. Katarzyna Dragan, Political Affairs Assistant, and Beata Milewska, Cultural Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

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6. Thorsten Kerpa \u2013 Deputy Head of the Cultural Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.<\/p>\n

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7. Terezia Filipejova \u2013 Third Secretary, Embassy of Slovakia.<\/p>\n

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8. Arnold Obermayr, representing the Embassy of Austria and the Austrian Cultural Forum.<\/p>\n

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9. Jan \u0141azicki, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Contacts with the Jewish Diaspora.<\/p>\n

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10. Aldona Machnowska-G\u00f3ra \u2013 Deputy Mayor of Warsaw.<\/p>\n

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11. On behalf of Senator Waldemar Kraska \u2013 County Distrcit Sylwester Rytel-Andrianik.<\/p>\n

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12. Przemys\u0142aw Romaniuk \u2013 Deputy Head of the Regional Office of the Lustration Bureau in Warsaw, and Ms Blanka Kami\u0144ska-Pienkos, Senior Specialist, on behalf of the President of the Institute of National Remembrance, Dr Karol Nawrocki.<\/p>\n

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13. Jan Okulicz-Kozaryn \u2013 Chair of the Association of Jewish Combatants.<\/p>\n

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14. Adam Krzysztof-Dudzi\u0144ski \u2013 Polish Society of the Righteous Among the Nations.<\/p>\n

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15. A delegation of the Association of Polish Combatants and Former Political Prisoners: El\u017cbieta Sadzy\u0144ska \u2013 Secretary General of the Main Board, J\u00f3zef Mali\u0144ski \u2013 Treasurer, Krzysztof Rinas.<\/p>\n

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16. Sylwia K\u0119dzierska-Jasik \u2013 Chairwoman of the Board of the Jewish Religious Community in Warsaw, and Gra\u017cyna Majer \u2013 Board Member.<\/p>\n

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17. Stanis\u0142aw Stankiewicz \u2013 President of the Central Council of Roma.<\/p>\n

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18. A delegation of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland: Piotr Wi\u015blicki, Zygmunt St\u0119pi\u0144ski, Micha\u0142 Majewski, and others.<\/p>\n

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19. Katarzyna Person \u2013 Warsaw Ghetto Museum.<\/p>\n

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20. Ewa Ciepli\u0144ska-Libner \u2013 Jewish Community Center, member of the board.<\/p>\n

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21. Renata W\u00f3jtiuk-Janusz and Wojciech \u0141yga\u015b \u2013 Nissenbaum Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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22. Karolina Kolbuszewska, Director \u2013 Pilecki Family House Museum.<\/p>\n

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23. Pawe\u0142 Nasi\u0142owski \u2013 Deputy Mayor of the Town and Municipality of Kos\u00f3w Lacki, and Urszula Weso\u0142owska \u2013 Kos\u00f3w Lacki Town Office.<\/p>\n

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24. Pawe\u0142 Pniewski \u2013 Second Deputy Mayor of the Town of Marki.<\/p>\n

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25. Aleksandra Kuriata and Adam Dudzi\u0144ski \u2013 representatives of the families of the Righteous Among the Nations.<\/p>\n

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26. Stanis\u0142aw Stankiewicz \u2013 President of the Central Council of Roma.<\/p>\n

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27. Piotr Rypson \u2013 Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.<\/p>\n

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28. Renata W\u00f3jtiuk-Janusz \u2013 Board Member, and Wojciech \u0141yga\u015b \u2013 Assistant to the Board, Nissenbaum Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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29. Zbigniew Nizi\u0144ski \u2013 President and Founder of the “Memory That Endures” Foundation.<\/p>\n

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30. Pawe\u0142 Sawicki \u2013 “Memory of Treblinka\u201d Foundation.<\/p>\n

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31. Piotr Bujnowski.<\/p>\n

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32. Hanna Przesmycka \u2013 Headmistress of the School Complex in Kos\u00f3w Lacki.<\/p>\n

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Following the speeches, an interfaith prayer service was held, led by Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland; Micha\u0142 Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, Pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Parish in Warsaw; and Krzysztof Nag\u00f3rny, Vicar of the Roman Catholic Parish in Prosty\u0144. Guests also had the opportunity to view the outdoor exhibition \u201cBehind the Wires: SS-Sonderkommando Treblinka\u201d, prepared by the Treblinka Museum. The exhibition will remain on display until the end of August this year. Its curator is Monika Samuel, a staff member of the museum\u2019s Research and Publications Department. On this important day, delegations from the Jewish Historical Institute, the District Office in Soko\u0142\u00f3w Podlaski, and the Treblinka Museum also paid tribute to the victims of the Treblinka I Labour Camp by laying flowers at the Execution Site and at the Roma and Sinti Memorial.<\/p>\n

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