Treblinka | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Treblinka extermination camp museum | |
  Treblinka | |
| Coordinates: 52°39′30″N 22°01′15″E / 52.65833°N 22.02083°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Masovian |
| County | Ostrów Mazowiecka |
| Gmina | Małkinia Górna |
| Population | 330 |
Treblinka (Polish pronunciation: [trɛˈbliŋka]) is a village located in eastern Poland, situated in the present-day district of Gmina Małkinia Górna, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County in Masovian Voivodeship, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-east of Warsaw. The village lies close to the Bug River. It has 350 inhabitants.
It is known as the site during World War II of one of the Nazi extermination camps, named after the village. An estimated 850,000 people were murdered here during the Holocaust in Poland, from the summer of 1942 to October 1943. In addition, the Treblinka I Arbeitslager, a forced labor camp, had operated about six miles away, from June 1941 to 23 July 1944. During this period, more than 10,000 prisoners are estimated to have died from executions, malnutrition, disease and mistreatment.