Treblinka revolt
2nd August 1943: The slave workers in the death camp stage a desperate, suicidal attempt to escape before they are themselves murdered
In Treblinka, the small minority of inmates who had been spared from the gas chambers knew that their days were numbered. They knew that their lives were worthless to the Germans and that they could be killed at any moment at the whim of any of the guards. They al…
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