This and the following posts are not in any specific order, but according to how they grabbed me at the time. On our trip eastwards towards Bielorus we took a sharp detour from the planned route to the forsts surrounding Treblinka. It may have been prompted by there being four Israelis in the tour party and the knowledge that Treblinka saw the extermination of Warsaw's large Jewish population after 1941. Whatever the reason, it was a brooding place of unspeakable evil nestled in quiet woodland a long way from anywhere. Despite the scenery being illuminated by brialliant sunshine and considerable warmth, one's thoughts were on the ordinary people who perished there.
Unlike Auschwitz, where a lot of the buildings still stand, Treblinka has only the foundations of the buildings once covering the site and a lot of symbolism to remind us of the victims. The attached pictures give only a partial feel of the atmosphere of the place. Get there if you can.
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