The sole purpose of Treblinka was to kill Jews and gypsies as quickly as possible after their arrival. It was an extermination camp. A relatively small number of new arrivals were 'selected' for grave digging and sorting the possessions of gassed victims. For these reasons the camp was small, and the number of prisoners there was small, too - probably not more than about 1,500 at any time.
Yes. The only purpose of Treblinka was to kill Jews and an estimated 850,000 were murdered there.
Treblinka was primarily a extermination camp during the Holocaust, operational from 1942 to 1943. An estimated 800,000 to 1 million Jews were murdered there, along with thousands of Romani people and some Polish political prisoners. Most victims were transported to Treblinka from ghettos in Poland and other occupied territories, with the majority arriving via deportation trains. The camp's primary function was systematic mass murder, rather than forced labor.
the vast majority were Jews, a large proportion were from the Warsaw ghetto.
Treblinka II was the main extermination camp after Auschwitz II (Birkenau). An estimated 850,000 Jews were slaughtered there and only about 40-45 survived.
Treblinka was an extermination camp, not an ordinary concentration camp. The idea was to kill new arrivals as soon as possible. It served no other purpose. A very small number of new arrivals were made to help with the extermination process itself. In particular they had to dig mass graves and sort the belongings that the newly arrived and gassed victims had brought with them.
From the ghettos they were marched to railway stations, forced into cattle trucks and transported to extermination camps, such as Auschwitz II and Treblinka.
310,000+ Jews were sent to Treblinka. The time period was between less than 3 months.
Initially, Treblinka was built to kill the Jews in the Warsaw and Bialystock ghettos.
The figure of about 870,000 is frequently given.
mainly Jews.
Jews , Romani and political prisoners .
Yes. The only purpose of Treblinka was to kill Jews and an estimated 850,000 were murdered there.
The Jews were forced to build a wall. This was done so the Jews could not escape until the Germans could send them to concentration camps. Many were sent to Treblinka for extermination.
Treblinka was primarily a extermination camp during the Holocaust, operational from 1942 to 1943. An estimated 800,000 to 1 million Jews were murdered there, along with thousands of Romani people and some Polish political prisoners. Most victims were transported to Treblinka from ghettos in Poland and other occupied territories, with the majority arriving via deportation trains. The camp's primary function was systematic mass murder, rather than forced labor.
the vast majority were Jews, a large proportion were from the Warsaw ghetto.
Treblinka II was the main extermination camp after Auschwitz II (Birkenau). An estimated 850,000 Jews were slaughtered there and only about 40-45 survived.
Yes, in extermination camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor.