| Treblinka |
| Established: May 1942 Revolt: August 2, 1943* Total Survivors of Camp: 70 Total Deaths: 700,000 - 1,000,000** * Destruction of evidence of the camp began before the revolt. 750 Jews escaped during the revolt. Of these, an estimated 12 survived the war. ** Most of the victims were Jews, although a small number of Gypsies were also killed here. |
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| Treblinka was established as a death camp as part of Operation Reinhard. Killings began on 23 July 1942 using carbon monoxide. Victims of Treblinka included 300,000 Jews from Warsaw. 10,000 non-Jewish Polish prisoners were also killed at the labor camp near Treblinka. Treblinka was located far from major civilian population centers. Jewish workers built the camp and were killed after construction was completed. Treblinka was an efficient killing center - between July 1942 and Fall 1943 from 800,000 to 1,000,000 Jews from Poland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, and Greece were killed. The labor camp nearby was named Treblinka I, and was established as a penal colony in 1941. 10,000 Poles passed through the forced-labor camp, of which 75% died. Treblinka death camp employed 13 gas chambers which used carbon monoxide to kill approximately 25,000-30,000 Jews per day. The Treblinka method of killing took a total of 45 minutes from arrival in cattle car to the killing in the gas chambers. Treblinka camp was self-sufficient. In March 1943, corpses began to be burned, rather than buried in mass graves. Over 700,000 bodies had already been burried in Treblinka. Corpses were dug up and burned by prisoners. On 2 August 1943, a planned revolt by resident Jewish workers in Treblinka began. The revolt led to 200-600 prisoners reaching the surrounding forests and the death of over 20 Germans. Some of the escapees were killed by Polish peasants, partisans, Ukrainian fascist groups, Wehrmacht deserters, and the Gestapo. An estimated 20-60 escapees survived the war. In November, the remains of the camp were destroyed, and pine trees planted on the site. |