Treblinka exhibition opens
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
03.08.2015 15:36
A new exhibition has opened at the site of the Nazi death camp of Treblinka, some 100 kilometres north-east of Warsaw.
The symbolic "remains" of the railroad in Treblinka. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
It includes fresh physical evidence from the extermination and labour camps at Treblinka, discovered during a programme of forensic archaeological investigation carried out by Dr. Caroline Sturdy Colls of Staffordshire University in the UK.
In addition to orange terracotta tiles from the gas chambers and dozens of personal items, such as a rose brooch, the exhibition features the documentation of the seven year project relating to the location of the gas chambers and mass graves as well as works by seven artists which have responded to these archaeological findings.
Some 800,000 Jews perished at Treblinka. Despite its significance in the history of the Holocaust, few attempts were made after the war to assess the physical evidence relating to the camp.
It has long been argued that the Nazis successfully destroyed all traces of Treblinka when they abandoned it in 1943. The study by a British team led by Dr Sturdy Colls of Staffordshire University has demonstrated that this was not the case. (mk/rg)