Survivor Testimony About Treblinka Death Camp

Holocaust survivor Eliahu Rosenberg was deported to the Treblinka Extermination Camp in September 1942. One of the few chosen for slave labor in the camp, he personally witnessed the murder of thousands of Jews in the gas chambers of Treblinka. Forced to dispose of the bodies, he witnessed every part of the extermination process in Treblinka. Escaping during the revolt in the camp on August 2, 1943, Eliahu Rosenberg gives testimony here about the gas chambers and process of mass murder in Treblinka, a place where over 13 months, approximately 870,000 Jews were murdered.
For more information about the death camps, including Treblinka - http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/05/death_camps.asp
Or in Hebrew: http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/he/holocaust/about/05/death_camps.asp

This video is one of many that can be viewed in Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum:
http://bit.ly/hPaH66

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[EnchantingNature]

It's beyond normal understanding how such places could have ever existed. There have many tragedies throught out history but this was got to be one of the worst evers. It's to Horrendous! What makes me sick is that many people today still approve of it.

[godlypotatoe]

What happened to the bones after the bodies were burnt?

[belinda2118]

Yes, sometimes women and children went first. But not all the time, if this answers your stupid question.

[5micky2]

@inthehomeland

"numerous experts" Name them. "An Australian team." Who were the persons in the team? And on what date did the investigation take place?  "mapped the whole area" Where can I find the map? "ground penetrating radar shown absolutely NO ground disturbances". Where can I find a copy of the printout from the radar?

Over the years I have asked many holocaust deniers the answers these simple questions. So far, no luck.

[wikieditspam]

Individuals where responsible for the mass murder. Individuals that tried to group anyone besides themselves as being inherently less then them. Germans didn't bring the mass murder, individuals acting on hatred and megalomania, and using fear and violence to commit their sins. World War II is notable as one of the first times that "just following orders" was ubiquitously denied as a valid excuses, a lot were actually the viscous men we think of as Nazis, though most, too afraid to disobey.

[rolfen]

This is hell

[pemchem]

How traumatizing...

[kintalber]

@toffanful

''Rosenberg's testimony directly contradicts the SS officer's testimony of Treblinka policy in Lanzmann's Shoah documentary. Rosenberg states here that women went first to the gas chambers, whereas the Shoah SS testimony states the men always went first, without exception, for security reasons. Rosenberg's testimony here, and in the 1960's, is pretty shaky.''

Jean Francois Steiner also states in his book that the women went first.

[lafe4321]

I don't know why but history is interesting, WWII era seems horrible but I would not mind living in that period then the 20th century. Life seemed so simple yet good, now it is just products, and materials that make people happy

[TheScott2121]

This account was given from a memory of what was a very young boy. Given all the years it cannot be totally factual.

[CSATexan]

@shasha1873

It is called bigotry.

[shasha1873]

@zlatan58 Forget the Germans. Why did 90 nations and empires in the past 2,000 years do this to the Jews?