OTD in 1943 about 1,000 #Jewish prisoners revolted in #Treblinka.
The long-planned revolt brought operations at Treblinka, which is estimated to have seen 925,000+ people murdered–inc. around 2,000 #Roma, to an end. 1/11

Treblinka was 1/4 camps linked to Operation Reinhard. Known as Treblinka II, it opened in July 1942 about a mile from a labour camp, Treblinka I.

On July 22 1942 systematic deportation of Warsaw's Jews began. 1000s were daily rounded up & transported 50miles to Treblinka. 2/11

The Nazis & their collaborators killed 925,000+ Jews at Treblinka II, as well as an unknown numbers of Poles, Roma, & Soviet POWs.

Warsaw's Jews were assembled for deportation at the Umschlagplatz within the ghetto. 3/11

In this short @USCShoahFdn film, survivor Abraham Bomba remembers arriving to the Treblinka extermination camp & the selection process for the gas chambers.
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Afterwards the camp, which had suffered extensive fire damage during the revolt, was dismantled & evidence destroyed.
This @HolocaustMuseum image shows smoke from Treblinka during the revolt & was photographed by a railway worker.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/smoke-from-the-treblinka-killing-center 5/11

This photograph, from @YadVashem collection, shows the armoury building at #Treblinka, also known as the Tyrolean guard tower.
Weapons from the armoury were seized and used by prisoners during the camp uprising of August 1943. 6/11

Kalman Teigman was deported to Treblinka on 3/4 Sept 1942 along with his mother Tema, from Warsaw. She was gassed immediately whilst he was selected for work.

He would gave testimony about the Treblinka revolt at the Eichmann trial on 6 June 1961 in Jerusalem, Israel. 7/11

Just 67 people are known to have survived the camp, & their testimony provides most of what is known about the camp.
In 2016, Samuel Willenberg, the last Treblinka death camp survivor & revolt participant, died, aged 93 in Israel. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35623492 8/11

This map was produced by Treblinka survivor Samuel Willenberg, & published in his book in 1989. Samuel only had access to the Reception Camp area as he worked sorting the clothes of victims. He was not allowed into the extermination camp - learn more https://www.holocausteducation.org.uk/lessons/additional/space-called-treblinka/ 9/11

When delivering 'A space called "Treblinka"' sessions, @AR_Pearce often asks participants to consider this incredible sculpture by Samuel Willenberg (who participated in the revolt).
He once said of this artwork 'This is what the whole history of the Shoah looks like'. 10/11

Our 'A space called Treblinka' lesson materials help students encounter the site, by exploring maps, sources & some of the archeological 'traces'-like this-what do they suggest about the number & type of people who moved in/through #Treblinka?
See https://www.holocausteducation.org.uk/lessons/additional/space-called-treblinka/ 11/11