Theodor van Eupen

Theodor van Eupen
Announcement about the founding of Treblinka Arbeitslager run by Eupen
Born24 April 1907
Düsseldorf, Germany
Died11 December 1944(1944-12-11) (aged 37)
Lipówka, near Jędrzejów, Poland[1]
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel (SS)
RankSturmbannführer
UnitSS-Totenkopfverbände
CommandsDeputy commandant of Treblinka extermination camp

Theodor van Eupen (24 April 1907 – 11 December 1944) was a member of the SS of Nazi Germany. A Holocaust perpetrator, he served as the commandant of the Treblinka I forced-labour camp (Arbeitslager) in occupied Poland during its entire course of operation. Unlike the parallel Treblinka extermination camp (Treblinka II) subordinate to the Operation Reinhard authorities in Berlin, Treblinka I was controlled by the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw.[2] The labour camp was liquidated on 23 July 1944, ahead of the Soviet advance. By then, more than half of its cumulative number of some 20,000 inmates had died from summary executions, hunger, disease, and mistreatment.[3] The regular workforce consisted of 1,000–2,000 prisoners, terrorized by staff of about a dozen SS-men and 100 Wachmänner guards.[4]

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  2. ^ Holocaust Encyclopedia (2010). "Treblinka". Washington, D.C.: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original (Internet Archive) on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ^ Maranda, Michał (2002). Więźniowie obozu zagłady w Treblince [Prisoners of Treblinka death camp] (PDF). Nazistowskie Obozy Zagłady. Opis i próba analizy zjawiska (Nazi extermination camps. Analysis) (in Polish). Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Stosowanych Nauk Społecznych (Warsaw University Institute of Social Sciences). pp. 160–161. ISBN 83-915036-6-6. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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