Treblinka revolt

2nd August 1943: The slave workers in the death camp stage a desperate, suicidal attempt to escape before they are themselves murdered

Treblinka burning during the uprising. Photo taken by Polish railwayman Franciszek Ząbecki.

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…