Treblinka
The extermination camp Treblinka was built in April 1942 through July 1942 and was operational between July 23, 1942 to October 19, 1942. Most of the inmates in Treblinka were Jews and it was estimated that 700,000 to 900,000 Jews and 2,000 Romanian people were killed by gas chambers. Treblinka was split into two separate units: Treblinka I, the forced labor camp and Treblinka II, the extermination section.
In the forced labor camp, or Arbeitslanger, the inmates were made to work in gravel pits, irrigation areas, and in the forest where they would get wood to provide fuel for the crematoria. Between 1941 to 1944, more than half of their 20,000 inmates died from executions, hunger, disease and mistreatment.
Meanwhile in Treblinka II, this sector was designed for extermination. When the Jews entered Treblinka, women would get their hair cut off and then the nude men, women, and children were led to the gas chambers with their arms straight up and young small children were piled on top because the officers wanted to squeeze as many Jews in as possible. As for the babies, SS - man Hitreider seized the babies by their legs and bashed there head against the fence in one blow.
The actual gassing lasted about 15 minutes. The victims were surveyed through a small special window. After gassing was complete the building's outside doors were opened and the corpses fell out because the bodies were tightly compacted in the chamber. A small group of prisoner men were forced to bury the corpses in pits, then later they were made to load the chambers with prisoners to be burned and then they were forced in the chamber.
In the forced labor camp, or Arbeitslanger, the inmates were made to work in gravel pits, irrigation areas, and in the forest where they would get wood to provide fuel for the crematoria. Between 1941 to 1944, more than half of their 20,000 inmates died from executions, hunger, disease and mistreatment.
Meanwhile in Treblinka II, this sector was designed for extermination. When the Jews entered Treblinka, women would get their hair cut off and then the nude men, women, and children were led to the gas chambers with their arms straight up and young small children were piled on top because the officers wanted to squeeze as many Jews in as possible. As for the babies, SS - man Hitreider seized the babies by their legs and bashed there head against the fence in one blow.
The actual gassing lasted about 15 minutes. The victims were surveyed through a small special window. After gassing was complete the building's outside doors were opened and the corpses fell out because the bodies were tightly compacted in the chamber. A small group of prisoner men were forced to bury the corpses in pits, then later they were made to load the chambers with prisoners to be burned and then they were forced in the chamber.
The bodies were exhumed in 1943 and cremated on massive open- air pyres with the bodies of the new victims too. According to Commandment of Treblinka Franz Stangle's trial he stated "Regarding the question of the optimism amount of the people gassed in one day. I can state: according to my estimation a transport of thirty freight cars with 3,000 people was liquidated three hours. When the work lasted for about fourteen hours, 12,000 to 15,000 were annihilated. There are many days that the work lasted from the early morning until the evening."
The gassing operations of Treblinka 2 ended on October 1943 which was then followed by a revolt from the Sonderkommandos in early August. Several German SS guards were killed and roughly 200 prisoners crossed to the other side of Treblinka's fence, but fewer than a hundred survived the chase. Jews were from Poland, Czechoslovokia, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, the USSR, Germany and Austria along with Polish and German gypseiswere sent to Treblinka. Finally, on November 1943, Treblinka death camp was closed
The gassing operations of Treblinka 2 ended on October 1943 which was then followed by a revolt from the Sonderkommandos in early August. Several German SS guards were killed and roughly 200 prisoners crossed to the other side of Treblinka's fence, but fewer than a hundred survived the chase. Jews were from Poland, Czechoslovokia, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, the USSR, Germany and Austria along with Polish and German gypseiswere sent to Treblinka. Finally, on November 1943, Treblinka death camp was closed