“Treblinka was a death camp near Warsaw in German-occupied Poland during World War II. Treblinka consisted of two facilities.

The Nazis opened Treblinka I inApril 1941 as a penal Facility for Jews and Polish political prisoners, who were forced to work in a nearby quarry.

Treblinka II, built a year later, was used to murder Jews. From July 1942 to August 1943, about 843,000 people died in gas chambers there.  In August 1943, the forced laborers revolted. They set fire to Treblinka II and tried to escape into the surrounding forest.  Most were killed during the attempt. The Nazis tore down the remaining buildings to erase all evidence of the camp. They planted crops over mass graves and turned the area into a farm. Investigators later reconstructed the history of Treblinka from documents, accounts of survivors, and the postwar-trial testimony of camp officials.”

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