1 Jun 1942
Poland
Poland
- The Treblinka Concentration Camp in Poland began operation. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Treblinka Concentration Camp | Treblinka, Masovian | CPC]
23 Jul 1942
Poland
Poland
- Treblinka Concentration Camp in Poland began mass extermination by gassing. Its first prisoners would be Jews recently deported from the ghetto in Warsaw. 700,000 would be killed within the following one year. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Treblinka Concentration Camp | Treblinka, Masovian | CPC]
2 Aug 1943
Poland
Poland
- 200 Jews revolted in Treblinka concentration camp in Poland, burning down several buildings, and attempted to escape; camp guards found and killed most of them. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Treblinka Concentration Camp | Treblinka, Masovian | CPC]
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