Treblinka

On This Day: 79 years since Jews revolted at Nazi's Treblinka death camp

The revolt saw only a few Jews manage to escape the extermination camp, with only 70 surviving until the end of the war. But it crippled the camp in its final months.

Treblinka German death camp in Poland railway sign at Yad Vashem.
Treblinka German death camp in Poland railway sign at Yad Vashem.

On this day: Treblinka extermination camp uprising

Album art by Amos Funk, elements courtesy of Sarah Aroeste

Sarah Aroeste revitalizes lost Jewish community using Sephardi music

The train station in Macedonia from where Jews were deported to Treblinka

Grapevine, August 5, 2020: Remembering Treblinka


71st anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto uprising commemorated

Crowds in Polish capital mark beginning of Jewish resistance against Nazis during World War II.

Ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,  April 19, 2013.

Archaeologist at Treblinka Nazi death camp finds evidence of gas chambers

Documentary TV series "One is Treblinka: Hitler’s Killing Machine" features tile with Star of David said to be affixed to chamber.

Tile with Star of David found at Treblinka

Echoes of the Holocaust in two TV specials

Documentary follows forensic archeologists excavating the site of the Treblinka death camp in an effort to reconstruct it.

Forensic archeologists excavate the site of the Treblinka death camp in an effort to reconstruct it.

British auctioneer’s Holocaust letter may be a fake

Letter describes the transportation of 5,000 Jews daily to the Treblinka extermination camp.

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Les arbres de Treblinka

« La forêt en noir et blanc » est la première exposition d’art contemporain du musée du kibboutz des Combattants du ghetto.

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Peres given haunting diary of Warsaw ghetto fighter

President receives diary of anonymous writer who conveys frightening picture of Warsaw Ghetto, deportation to Treblinka.

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The little-known uprising: Warsaw Ghetto, January 1943

The January 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising teaches us a great deal about the human spirit, about resilience and about courage.

Warsaw Ghetto monument Poland 311 (R)

Periphery of the Holocaust

New revelations of horrors of the Holocaust still have the power to stagger.

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This Week In History: Israel acquits Nazi criminal

In 1993, Supreme Court overturned a decision to sentence John Demjanjuk to death based on new evidence.

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Janusz Korczak remembered in Poland, abroad

In Poland, where he was born, 132 years ago, parliament unanimously passed resolution establishing 2012 as Year of Janusz Korczak.

Janusz Korczak memorial at Yad Vashem