Treblinka (1941-1943), created formally as a forced labor camp for Polish prisoners, it became in fact the centre for the extermination of Central European Jews.

Camp is located 100 km northeast of Warsaw. Within a year a second camp was built which became a symbol of the extermination. Opened on July 23, 1942, as the Warsaw ghetto deportation began it resulted in total 850 thousand victims. Handled with the utmost of secrecy, surrounded by two barbed wire fences was a scene of organized revolt of Jewish prisoners in August 1943, after which was liquidated in October 1943. Today a symbolic memorial monument and 17 thousand stones mark the site of Jewish tragedy.

Departure point:		Hotel/apartment pick up
Departure dates:		Daily
Tour duration:		5 - 6 hours

Additonal info: