Treblinka was located 100 Kilometers from the Polish Capital of Warsaw
Two camps made up Treblinka-Treblinka 1 was a work camp-Treblinka 2 was a death camp
Before going into the "funnel", the Jews were taken from the train cars, separted by sex and were ordered to strip their clothes
Men were forced to run uphill into the funnel, that were labeled showers to trick them-the SS sealed the chamber doors and the engine outside pumped Carbon Monoxide, killing the men-the women and children were waiting naked in the funnel hearing their fathers, husbands, and sons dying
Victims that were too weak to reach the gas-sent to "receive medical attention"-they got shot at the "hospital'
Other prisoners were also selected for special working units-Sonderkornmando-removed bodies from the gas chamber and buried them in mass graves-they also removed gold teeth, dentures, and other valuables from the corpses
A rule at the camp for the workers was- if a person have a bruise on their face, they would be shot in the evening or the next morning when the bruise would show
Some Jews were transported to Treblinka 1, but when they got too weak, they were sent back to Treblinka 2 to be killed
Then in late 1942 into 1943, the Sonderkornmandos exhumed the buried bodies and burned them in huge trenches
These killings were so rapid, the gas chambers grew from 3 to 10 between August - October 1942
In late Spring and summer of 1943, resistance leaders decided to revolt against the camp
August 2,1943-Prisoners quietly seized weapons from the camp's armory, but they were discovered before taking over the camp
During this, hundreds of prisoners stormed the main gate attempting to escape-many were killed, but more than 300 escaped,but they were hunted down then killed by German SS, Police, and military units surprise the remaining surviving prisoners
The remaining prisoners were forced to dismantle the camp and then they were shot
In July, 1944, the Soviet Union moved into the area near the camps,so they killed the remaining 300 to 700 people and dismantled the camp and evacuated before the Soviet Union caught them
Treblinka 2 was dismantled in the fall of 1943- Treblinka 1 continued
operations until late July of 1944
Through July 1942 to November 1943, the death camp killed between 870,000 and 925,000 Jews
There were three trials-committed at Treblinka-1st. Joseph (Sepp) Hirtreiter was sentenced to life imprisonment-2nd. Kurt Franz-chief defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment-3rd. Franz Stangl-commandant of Treblinka was sentenced to life imprisonment
Polish Government-erected a monument on the site of Treblinka-includes thousands of stone sculptures, the railroad tracks, and the funnel that is inscribed names of the destroyed Jewish communities in Poland that came to Treblinka that were killed
it is also a site of a constant pilgrimage
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Austin R.
Treblinka was opened as a part of operation Reinhard in July 1942 as a death camp
Treblinka was first though a labor camp
The camp was surrounded by barbed wire which many people killed themselves upon
The second Treblinka was used for mass genocide and nothing else
The death toll for Treblinka was 780,000
This death toll was only second to Auschwitz 2(Birkenau)
Treblinka was disguised as a train station to making easier to speed up the killing process, due to people going crazy and jumping onto the barbed wire to kill themselves
Men went in the "showers" first and women waited in the next room and heard them begin to die causing them to have the "death panic" causing you to evacuate the bowels
when the gassing was over those who were still alive were shot
In August of 1943 there was a revolt
buildings were set on fire and the camp was shut down
After the revolt the camp was leveled and a farm house was built over it
for a lower chance of a revolt Treblinka was set on a schedule for killing people
Treblinka would pack 5-7 thousand people at a time in trains to come there
A few guards from Treblinka were recently on trial
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Travis Bohn
Treblinka was a death camp during the Holocaust
One of four death camps from Operation Reinhard
This camp ran by Odilo Globonik
The camp started running on July 24, 1942
The location of the camp is 100KM northeast of Warsaw, 500 meters from Malkinia Koskow highway
The camp was disguised as a railroad station so prisoners wouldn't be startled when they got there
The camp was divided into two separate camps Treblinka 1 and Treblinka 2
Treblinka1 was a working camp and Treblinka 2 was a death camp
The prisoners were brought by train
Healthy prisoners were sent to the camp
Weak,old, and young prisoners were sent to the gas chambers in Treblinka 2
The people who going to gas chambers had to walk or run there on a road called "Road to Heaven"
People going to the gas chambers were shaved and had to give all their personal belongings
The men went first and women and children followed shortly after
They fit as many people as they could in the chambers
Gas for the chamber was from two soviet tank engines
After everyone died they were taken into pits at first
They didn't have enough room so they started to burn their bodies and bury the ash's
People who weren't sent to be killed worked
They kept the camp running
There was a blue squad who took luggage and people off the the train
The red squad undressed passengers and took cloths to storage
The Geldjuden squad took money, searched prisoners, and removed gold teeth when dead
The Totengden squad took dead from gas chambers and took ash's from burned bodies
The Court Squad cleaned the camp and camouflaged it
There were guards there also
20-25 German and Austrian guards
80-120 Ukranian guards
They made sure everyone did what they were supposed to
The total number of prisoners killed was around 800,000
Guards who workedthere thought there was millions killed
It was one of the worst extermination camps in the Holocaust
Carrie M
- Treblinka was located 100 Kilometers from the Polish Capital of Warsaw
- Two camps made up Treblinka-Treblinka 1 was a work camp-Treblinka 2 was a death camp
- Before going into the "funnel", the Jews were taken from the train cars, separted by sex and were ordered to strip their clothes
- Men were forced to run uphill into the funnel, that were labeled showers to trick them-the SS sealed the chamber doors and the engine outside pumped Carbon Monoxide, killing the men-the women and children were waiting naked in the funnel hearing their fathers, husbands, and sons dying
- Victims that were too weak to reach the gas-sent to "receive medical attention"-they got shot at the "hospital'
- Other prisoners were also selected for special working units-Sonderkornmando-removed bodies from the gas chamber and buried them in mass graves-they also removed gold teeth, dentures, and other valuables from the corpses
- A rule at the camp for the workers was- if a person have a bruise on their face, they would be shot in the evening or the next morning when the bruise would show
- Some Jews were transported to Treblinka 1, but when they got too weak, they were sent back to Treblinka 2 to be killed
- Then in late 1942 into 1943, the Sonderkornmandos exhumed the buried bodies and burned them in huge trenches
- These killings were so rapid, the gas chambers grew from 3 to 10 between August - October 1942
- In late Spring and summer of 1943, resistance leaders decided to revolt against the camp
- August 2,1943-Prisoners quietly seized weapons from the camp's armory, but they were discovered before taking over the camp
- During this, hundreds of prisoners stormed the main gate attempting to escape-many were killed, but more than 300 escaped,but they were hunted down then killed by German SS, Police, and military units surprise the remaining surviving prisoners
The remaining prisoners were forced to dismantle the camp and then they were shot- In July, 1944, the Soviet Union moved into the area near the camps,so they killed the remaining 300 to 700 people and dismantled the camp and evacuated before the Soviet Union caught them
- Treblinka 2 was dismantled in the fall of 1943- Treblinka 1 continued
- Through July 1942 to November 1943, the death camp killed between 870,000 and 925,000 Jews
- There were three trials-committed at Treblinka-1st. Joseph (Sepp) Hirtreiter was sentenced to life imprisonment-2nd. Kurt Franz-chief defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment-3rd. Franz Stangl-commandant of Treblinka was sentenced to life imprisonment
- Polish Government-erected a monument on the site of Treblinka-includes thousands of stone sculptures, the railroad tracks, and the funnel that is inscribed names of the destroyed Jewish communities in Poland that came to Treblinka that were killed
- it is also a site of a constant pilgrimage
*operations until late July of 1944
Austin R.
*Treblinka was opened as a part of operation Reinhard in July 1942 as a death camp
Treblinka was first though a labor camp
The camp was surrounded by barbed wire which many people killed themselves upon
The second Treblinka was used for mass genocide and nothing else
The death toll for Treblinka was 780,000
This death toll was only second to Auschwitz 2(Birkenau)
Treblinka was disguised as a train station to making easier to speed up the killing process, due to people going crazy and jumping onto the barbed wire to kill themselves
Men went in the "showers" first and women waited in the next room and heard them begin to die causing them to have the "death panic" causing you to evacuate the bowels
when the gassing was over those who were still alive were shot
In August of 1943 there was a revolt
buildings were set on fire and the camp was shut down
After the revolt the camp was leveled and a farm house was built over it
for a lower chance of a revolt Treblinka was set on a schedule for killing people
Treblinka would pack 5-7 thousand people at a time in trains to come there
A few guards from Treblinka were recently on trial
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Travis Bohn
- Treblinka was a death camp during the Holocaust
- One of four death camps from Operation Reinhard
- This camp ran by Odilo Globonik
- The camp started running on July 24, 1942
- The location of the camp is 100KM northeast of Warsaw, 500 meters from Malkinia Koskow highway
- The camp was disguised as a railroad station so prisoners wouldn't be startled when they got there
- The camp was divided into two separate camps Treblinka 1 and Treblinka 2
- Treblinka 1 was a working camp and Treblinka 2 was a death camp
- The prisoners were brought by train
- Healthy prisoners were sent to the camp
- Weak,old, and young prisoners were sent to the gas chambers in Treblinka 2
- The people who going to gas chambers had to walk or run there on a road called "Road to Heaven"
- People going to the gas chambers were shaved and had to give all their personal belongings
- The men went first and women and children followed shortly after
- They fit as many people as they could in the chambers
- Gas for the chamber was from two soviet tank engines
- After everyone died they were taken into pits at first
- They didn't have enough room so they started to burn their bodies and bury the ash's
- People who weren't sent to be killed worked
- They kept the camp running
- There was a blue squad who took luggage and people off the the train
- The red squad undressed passengers and took cloths to storage
- The Geldjuden squad took money, searched prisoners, and removed gold teeth when dead
- The Totengden squad took dead from gas chambers and took ash's from burned bodies
- The Court Squad cleaned the camp and camouflaged it
- There were guards there also
- 20-25 German and Austrian guards
- 80-120 Ukranian guards
- They made sure everyone did what they were supposed to
- The total number of prisoners killed was around 800,000
- Guards who worked there thought there was millions killed
- It was one of the worst extermination camps in the Holocaust
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