he Treblinka Extermination Camp was divided into two sections. The first section, Treblinka I, was designed as a labor camp and receiving center. The second camp, Treblinka II, was an extermination center where thousands of prisoners were routinely executed daily. The camps were open until August 1943 when Jews remaining in Treblinka II revolted and killed several Germans. These Jews were ordered to dispose of any evidence that Treblinka was an extermination camp. Fearing that, when their work was done, the Germans would kill them, the Jews stormed the gate. About 300 prisoners escaped but many were hunted down and killed. However, after this incident Treblinka was closed and the remaining prisoners were liquidated. Almost one million people died in the Treblinka camp system.
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