Created by Tom Horn on 28 Jul 2010, Last Update on 28 Jul 2010

Treblinka Revolt - 2 Aug 1943

Prisoners seized small arms, sprayed kerosene on all the buildings and set them ablaze. A number of guards were killed but many more prisoners perished. Of 1,500 prisoners, about 600 managed to escape the camp, but only 40 are known to have survived..

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Tags : Poland,Germany,Attrocity,Holocaust,Europe

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