The operation reinhard death camps, is an historical survey of the three death camps listed in the title, as well as some subcamps in different locations. Sobibor the forgotten revolt, by thomas toivi blatt. The dutch sobibor foundation lists a calculated total of 170,165 people and cites the hofle telegram among its sources, while noting that other estimates range up to 300,000. The very names of these nazi camps evoke unspeakable cruelty. This account of the nazis remorseless and relentless production line of killing at the sobibor death camp tells of one of the worst crimes in the history of mankind. It was published in hebrew by yad vashem, and in english by indiana university press. View treblinka, belzec, sobibor death camps research papers on academia. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Treblinka by steiner jean francois weaver helen translated. Operation reinhard was the final solution for the jewish problem in what germany called the general government, or poland. Treblinka was an extermination camp, built and operated by nazi germany in occupied poland during world war ii.
The jacob rader marcus center of the american jewish archives. The united states holocaust memorial museum states that at least 170,000 people were murdered there. Arad reports as a controlled and effective witness for the prosecution mr. Produced by johns hopkins university press in collaboration with the sheridan libraries. From july 1942 through november 1943, the germans killed between 870,000 and 925,000 jews at the killing center. Sobibor was similarly designed as the first camp in belzec, it was regarded as an overflow camp for belzec. The operation reinhard death camps, revised and expanded. In the late autumn of 1941, the belzec and later the sobibor and treblinka extermination camps were set up, as was a training camp for foreign personnel ukrainian volunteers in trawniki, as well as the camp in the. This is a list of people who died in the sobibor extermination camp. This book is a study of the death camps of belzec, sobibor, and treblinka, which were established to expedite operation reinhardthe extermination of the jews who lived in the general government of poland. Thomas blatt is a survivor of sobibor, the nazi extermination camp, where he took part in the most successful revolt and escape from any nazi camp during world war ii. Although all actual documents were destroyed, it is based on the testimony of forty survivors of treblinka, an extermination camp north of warsaw with a theoretical capacity to destroy 2600 jews every half hour. Holocaust survivors and victims database belzec, sobibor. Franz stangl holding whip, commandant of the treblinka and sobibor death camps, is pictured walking in uniform at treblinka.
The sobibor camp was located three miles from the bug river in a sparsely populated area in the eastern part of occupied poland, near the village of sobibor, between the cities of chelm and wlodawa. Sobibor, chelmno et treblinka attendent editeurs et lecteurs. Although this work contains no name registers, appendix a p. Arranged by killing center, the tables include country and town from which the jews were deported, the date of deportation and the number of deportees. On that day 600 prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacked the nazi guards, burned the camp, and fled into the nearby polish forests.
Sobibor books and videos last update 30 december 2005. Belzec, sobibor, treblinka ebook by yitzhak arad rakuten kobo. Half of it consists of dialogue which obviously is all invented. Under the leadership of obersturmfuhrer richard thomalla, it was. He was convicted at the treblinka trials in september 1965 and spent four years in prison. Treblinka i, the forcedlabor camp, continued operations until late july 1944. Commandant of the treblinka and sobibor death camps, franz stangl. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Arads book, with its abundance of horrifying detail, reminds us of how far we have to go. Since this process will take a long time, and because the present book has. Sobibor is less well known, and this book discloses the horrors perpetrated there.
Between the years 1942 and 1943, under the code name operation reinhard, more than oneandahalf million jews were gassed in the concentration camps of belzec, sobibor, and treblinka, located in nazioccupied poland. In the late autumn of 1941, the belzec and later the sobibor and treblinka extermination camps were set up, as was a training camp for foreign personnel ukrainian volunteers in. It was located in a forest northeast of warsaw, 4 kilometres 2. That said, steiner is a very good writer and the novelistic form certainly serves to crank up the tension. If you want to know of the start of the death camps, and thats what these camps were, then buy it. A history of a nazi death camp ebook written by jules schelvis. Nearly a million jews were consumed by the ovens of treblinka before august 2, 1943.
At treblinka there is only really the memorial site. The nazis built sobibor and two similar death camps in eastern poland belzec and treblinka during the spring of 1942. A newspaper article and photograph reporting the extradition of franz stangl, commandant of the treblinka and sobibor death camps, from brazil in 1967. According to polish official publications based on the data of the main commission for the investigation of nazi crimes in poland and the trials of nazi war crimminals, the total number of victims killed in treblinka was 850,000, yitzhak arad, treblinka, hell and revolt, tel aviv, 1983, pp 261265. Auschwitzbirkenau was, simultaneously, also a concentration camp. The operation reinhard death camps from the worlds largest community of readers. She is the famous author who wrote about evil people and their crimes, including franz stangl, who was involved in the euthanasia program in germany before he became the commandant of the sobibor death camp for six months and then the commandant of the treblinka death camp. For details see the books advertised in the back of this book. Mais il y a des camps tres bien documentes comme auschwitz. The extermination camp of sobibor was built at the beginning of march 1942, close to the village and railway station of the same name in the eastern part of the lublin region. Auschwitzbirkenau, chelmno, belzec, sobibor, and treblinka. By october 1943, approximately 167,000 people had been murdered there. Along with eloquent european credentials, treblinka appears here with a two part s.
Arad reports as a controlled and effective witness for the prosecution. Together with the extermination camps at treblinka and belzec, it was part of operation reinhard. Treblinka purports to be a non fiction book but actually reads like a novel. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Treblinka by jeanfrancois steiner, paperback barnes. The camp operated between 23 july 1942 and 19 october 1943 as part of operation reinhard, the deadliest. The initial 30 acres of camp territory was later expanded to 145 acres. Its not an easy read as its a dreadful reminder of the dark days of the holocaust. Sobibor the forgotten revolt, by thomas toivi blatt world. Read belzec, sobibor, treblinka the operation reinhard death camps by yitzhak arad available from rakuten kobo.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the last jew of treblinka. Using sources previously overlooked, such as german and polish official records and testimonies from nazi war crimes trials, yitzhak. Historical research and firsthand account of holocaust survivor thomas toivi blatt, who escaped from the nazi death camp sobibor during the prisonerled revolt on october 14, 1943. Of these, forty survived to bear witness to mans courage in the face of the greatest evil human history has prdouced. Stangl confessed to the murders, but in his defense, he said, my conscience is clear. Belzec, sobibor, and treblinka were established for the implementation of operation reinhard, that is, for the purpose of exterminating the jews of the general government in poland. Arads book, with its abundance of horrifying detail, reminds us of. The authors plan to completely overhaul this present study in conjunction with the two monographs in our series holocaust handbooks dealing with belzec and treblinka. Sobibor the forgotten revolt from the ashes of sobibor. On that day 600 prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacked the. Treblinka, belzec, sobibor death camps research papers.
It was situated in a wooded area near a small village by the same name in the lublin district. Franz suchomel 3 december 1907 18 december 1979 was a sudeten german nazi war criminal. There were, however, jews from other european countries who were also sent to these camps for exterminationjews from germany, austria, czechoslovakia, holland. The inspiring true story of the 600 jews who revolted against their captors and burned a nazi death camp to the ground. Sobibor, it is the least developed of the death centre sites. A critique of the falsehoods of mattogno, graf and kues.
There is a little hut in the car park from which a leaflet can be purchased with a map of the site and some basic information. Commandant of the treblinka and sobibor death camps, franz. The germans had ordered that treblinka ii be dismantled in the fall of 1943. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sobibor. Jul 14, 2012 franz stangl was finally put on trial in the second treblinka trial by the court of assizes at dusseldorf on october 22, 1970, charged with the deaths of 900,000 people at treblinka. He participated in the action t4 euthanasia program, in operation reinhard, and the einsatzgruppen actions in the adriatic operational zone. I have read many books on the subject and still find it hard to believe. I have just learned of the death of gitta sereny, at the age of 91, in june 2012. Arads book, with its abundance of horrifying detail, reminds us of how far. Established in germanoccupied poland, the camp at sobibor began its dreadful killing operation in may 1942. Belzec, sobibor, treblinka the operation reinhard death camps bloomington and indianapolis.