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


Dignity in face of inhumanity

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Scholar published book about life, work of pediatrician, orphanage director Janusz Korczak.

Janusz Korczak memorial at Yad Vashem

Grumpy Old Man: Demaniac

Israelis had a lot of names for John Demjanjuk, but just about everyone agreed he was guilty.

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'Previously hidden mass graves found at Treblinka'

Forensic archeologist uncovers human remains using ground-penetrating radar in order to respect Jewish law, 'Daily Mail' reports.

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German prosecutors to prosecute dozens of former Nazis

Conviction of Jon Demjanjuk prompted the reopening of investigations against guards who worked in Holocaust extermination camps.

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This Week in History: Prisoners revolt at Treblinka

Jews who noticed the slowing flow of prisoners marked for death, heard of Nazi losses on the Eastern Front, began planning their uprising.

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Demjanjuk ruling ‘closes the circle,’ Dorner says

Former Supreme Court justice presided over 1988 case in Israel in which Demjanjuk was convicted, sentenced to death for being “Ivan the Terrible.”

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Demjanjuk: A powerful verdict, bitterly undermined

Comment: One can only hope that the appeal will be expedited so that the Nazi war criminal can serve his fully justified prison sentence.

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Parashat Emor: Convert Amalek

One cannot love good without despising evil; those who are silent in the face of evil are ultimately collaborators.

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Germany opens Nazi probe against Demjanjuk witness

Investigation based on evidence Alex Nagorny may have been involved in mass killings at the Nazis' Treblinka concentration camp.

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In the name of the mother: Ashes go to Treblinka

It was Lucy Werber's final wish: To have her ashes taken to Poland and sprinkled at the death camp that killed her family.

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