Treblinka uprising
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Holocaust resistance event
Jewish resistance action
World War II event
armed revolt
prisoner uprising
The Treblinka uprising was a 1943 armed revolt by Jewish prisoners at the Treblinka extermination camp, in which they attacked guards, set facilities on fire, and attempted a mass escape in resistance to Nazi genocide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Treblinka extermination camp uprising | 1 |
| Treblinka uprising canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust resistance event
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Jewish resistance action ⓘ World War II event ⓘ armed revolt ⓘ prisoner uprising ⓘ |
| combatant |
Jewish prisoners
ⓘ
SS guards ⓘ Trawniki men NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | German-occupied Poland ⓘ |
| date | 1943-08-02 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfEscapees | about 300 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfSurvivors | around 70 ⓘ |
| goal |
destruction of camp facilities
ⓘ
mass escape from Treblinka extermination camp ⓘ resistance to Nazi genocide ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Dr. Berek Lajcher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jankiel Wiernik NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Chorążycki NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalman Taigman NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Haberman NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Glazar NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Rajzman NERFINISHED ⓘ Zelo Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Nazi occupation of Poland ⓘ |
| location |
Treblinka II
NERFINISHED
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Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
armed attack on guards
ⓘ
setting camp facilities on fire ⓘ use of smuggled weapons ⓘ use of stolen weapons from camp armory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the major uprisings in Nazi extermination camps
ⓘ
symbolizing Jewish armed resistance during the Holocaust ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
German guards
ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ SS camp staff ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust ⓘ World War II in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
Jewish prisoners
ⓘ
Sonderkommando prisoners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedBy | underground prisoner organization at Treblinka ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Operation Reinhard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sobibor uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
death of most participants
ⓘ
escape of several hundred prisoners ⓘ killing of many escaping prisoners by German forces ⓘ partial destruction of camp facilities ⓘ |
| triggeredBy |
awareness of mass murder of Jews
ⓘ
knowledge of impending liquidation of the camp ⓘ |
| year | 1943 ⓘ |
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Treblinka extermination camp uprising