The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/treblinka/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:13:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Treblinka | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/treblinka/ 32 32 In Poland, Canadian Holocaust survivor returns to native village as sole local Jew https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-poland-canadian-holocaust-survivor-returns-to-native-village-as-sole-local-jew/ Sun, 07 May 2023 22:23:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3009126 During emotional visit, which happened on Hitler's birthday, Sol Nayman brought to Stoczek about 100 members of the March of the Living event

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]]> Not forgotten: Mass graves of Jewish Holocaust victims dedicated in Poland https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-forgotten-mass-graves-of-jewish-holocaust-victims-dedicated-in-poland/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:13:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2634014 New technology and old memories help to find and secure burial sites of Jews shot and buried by German forces in fields and forests across the country

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]]> Mandy Patinkin breaks down in tears learning he lost family in Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/mandy-patinkin-breaks-down-in-tears-learning-he-lost-family-in-holocaust/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:28:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2531423 In latest 'Finding Your Roots' episode, Jewish actor discovers relatives were rounded up in northeastern Poland, and sent to the Treblinka death camp

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]]> Poland says Holocaust denier David Irving ‘not welcome’ on death camp tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-says-holocaust-denier-david-irving-not-welcome-on-death-camp-tour/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:33:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2042662&preview=true&preview_id=2042662 After Israeli appeal, Warsaw says it won't allow British conspiracy theorist to 'present his opinions' during planned visit

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]]> Israel urges Poland to deny entry to British Holocaust denier David Irving https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-urges-poland-to-deny-entry-to-british-holocaust-denier-david-irving/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:36:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2040370&preview=true&preview_id=2040370 Minister Naftali Bennett says Irving will offend survivors and stoke anti-Semitism if he is allowed to lead tour of Nazi death camps in September

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]]> British Holocaust denier David Irving to lead Nazi death camp tour https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-holocaust-denier-david-irving-to-lead-nazi-death-camp-tour/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:06:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2039564 Publicity for the $3,650 trip calls the camps 'controversial' and describes Irving as a 'Hitler expert'

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]]> How I measured murder rates during the Holocaust https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-i-measured-murder-rates-during-the-holocaust/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:05:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1991566 An investigation into what is referred to as Operation Reinhard, the Nazi slaughter of over 1.5 million Jews in a period of just 100 days

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]]> Israeli study: 1/4 of Jews killed in Holocaust murdered in 100 days in 1942 https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-1-4-of-jews-killed-in-holocaust-murdered-in-100-days-in-1942/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 12:52:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1991504 Prof. Stone analyzes train data to conclude that 1.5 million Jews were slain in 3-month 'hyperintense' phase that only slowed because there were few Jews left in occupied Poland

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]]> Underground hideout for Jewish tailor discovered on farm in central Poland https://www.timesofisrael.com/underground-hideout-for-jewish-tailor-discovered-on-farm-in-central-poland/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 06:03:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1985540 Sabina and Aleksander Smolarek hid neighbor Moshe Bajtel under building after he escaped from the Treblinka death camp

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]]> Israeli historian lays out vision for new Holocaust museum in Warsaw https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-historian-lays-out-vision-for-new-holocaust-museum-in-warsaw/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:23:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1980191 Hebrew University's Daniel Blatman wants the Warsaw Ghetto Museum to portray broader themes of Jewish life and death under Nazi occupation in Poland

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]]> Poland hands over site of future Warsaw Ghetto Museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/poland-hands-over-site-of-future-warsaw-ghetto-museum/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:36:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1945213 Involvement of the government has made some critics and Jews fear officials may try to distort history

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]]> Israeli envoy joins Poles to mark 75 years since Treblinka revolt https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-envoy-joins-poles-to-mark-75-years-since-treblinka-revolt/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:54:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1901543 Widow of one of few who managed to survive 1943 uprising urges authorities to build proper museum at death camp site

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]]> 75 years after Warsaw ghetto’s end, survivor recalls losing family in uprising https://www.timesofisrael.com/75-years-after-warsaw-ghettos-end-survivor-recalls-loosing-family-in-uprising/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:53:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1832478 Krystyna Budnicka lost all seven siblings in the Holocaust; she made it out alive by hiding in an underground bunker and then in the Polish capital's sewer system

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]]> Macedonia adopts definition of anti-Semitism that mentions Israel hatred https://www.timesofisrael.com/macedonia-adopts-definition-of-anti-semitism-that-mentions-israel-hatred/ Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:40:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1810234 Balkan nation joins UK, Romania and Bulgaria in backing International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition, as it marks 75th years since deportation of its Jews

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]]> At former Nazi death camp Sobibor, a post-Holocaust construction boom https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-former-nazi-death-camp-sobibor-a-post-holocaust-construction-boom/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:49:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1708943 After decades of obscurity, a one-time Nazi-built extermination center is being transformed to commemorate Jewish victims and attract more visitors

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