Treblinka (1)
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Treblinka was the extermination camp to which the Warsaw ghetto residents were sent. The camp was completely destroyed by the Nazis before the end of the war. A large memorial has been built on the site. It consists of 17,000 rocks representing lost Jewish communities.
Treblinka (2)
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Another view of the memorial.
Treblinka (3)
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The names on the stones are the towns and cities from which Treblinka's victims were deported. Only one stone carries the name of an individual: Janusz Korczak, the teacher who chose to accompany his students to the gas chambers of Treblinka.
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