Treblinka - The Labour Camp - Overview

I drove into the area where the labour camp was located. The remains of the labour camp is situated in a large clearing surrounded by tall trees. I started by taking a video and a few pictures showing the whole area showing a panoramic view of the area. It was quite windy on the day that I visited (evident from the video) and the trees creaked and made odd noises that put a shiver down my back.  I have visited several camps, but my visit to the labour camp made me feel very uncomfortable.

Shows the area where section 3 of the
labour camp would have been located.
Foundations of the a storeroom in the
foreground.











Shows the area of Section 1.
The foundations in the foreground are
the former barracks for Jewish men
and the tailor barracks behind.

Apparently this area was segregated from the rest of the camp and surrounded by a double fence of barbed wire that enclosed a patrol corridor where the guards would patrol the perimeter, presumably with dogs. Interestingly there was an undisturbed ploughed strip in this controlled region that would show footprints if anyone entered it. None of this remains.

The area containing the prisoners was divided into three sections: Section 1 contained the kitchen and sewing shops (where I took the pictures above), Section 2 is where Jews lived that were used for forced labour (in the middle of the area) and finally section 3 is where the Polish prisoners lived (furthest part of the clearing). The photographs I took while visiting the labour camp concentrate on Section 1 and 2, as there did seem to be much left in the furthest part where section 3 would have been located.