Treblinka Concentration Camp – Visit Treblinka from Warsaw!

Nazi created Treblinka Concentration and Extermination Camp during World War II in Poland. Treblinka was divided into two camps. They placed the camps 2 kilometers apart of each other.

Nazi built Treblinka camps 80 kilometers northeast of the Polish capital – Warsaw. Before WWII gravel mining enterprise operated there. They picked that location for a few reasons. First of all, it was deep in the woods. Due to nearby railway tracks, it was also connected to the most of major cities in central Poland. In conclusion, Nazi picked the perfect location. It was not only isolated but also well connected to some of the largest Jewish Ghettos.

Treblinka I

Nazi created Treblinka I as a forced-labour camp. They opened it on 1 September 1941. The average sentence lenght was six months. However, many prisoners had their sentences indefinitely extended.

Treblinka I existenced for three years. By that time 20 000 people died there. Half of the prisoners died from hunger, exhaustion or disease. Nazi relased the rest of them after their sentences ended. In addition, Poles from nearby villages were the majority of that group.

Treblinka II

Unlike the other Nazi concetration camps, Treblinka II as well as Bełżec and Sobibór weren’t used as forced labour camps. They made this camps with only one function – to kill.

Nazi divided Treblinka II into three parts. Guards lived in the Camp 1. Camp 2 was the area where they offloaded prisoners from transports. Camp 3 was the gas chamber location.

Nazi killed between 700,000 to 900,000 Jews and also 2,000 Romani people there. Treblinka II was the second largest extermination camp in Europe, right after Auschwitz.

Treblinka Concentration Camp After War

After the war, the government bought the land where the camps were. Between 1959 and 1962, the government made the decision to built a large stone memorial there.

In 1989, after the end of communism, more and more abroad visitors started coming to Treblinka.

In 2006, an exhibition center opened at the camp.

Warsaw to Treblinka Concentration Camp – Private Guided Tour

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Join our Private Guided tour and visit Treblinka I concentration camp as well as Treblinka II extermination camp. This tour will give you a possibility to see for your own eyes how tragically Nazi treated prisoners there.

Your guide will tell you about history of that place. He will also answer all of your questions.

During your visit you will realize how cruel times in Poland were years ago. This visit is worth to experience.

During this 6 hours tour our private transport will pick you up as well as drop you off your hotel. You will travel to Treblinka. Your guide will show you penal labour camp, execution site as well as permanent exhibition.

This tour is available from monday to sunday at 7:00 am, 8:30 am, 10:30 am and also 11:30 am. Pick the best day and time for you and join our tour here!

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