Museum of Struggle and Martyrdom in Treblinka

The museum covering the complex of two Nazi camps - Treblinka I penal labor camp and Treblinka II extermination camp, was established in 1964. Their name comes from the railway station a few kilometers away. Visitors to the museum must be at least 14 years old.

Nearly 10,000 dead and murdered Polish and Jewish prisoners forced to slave labor were commemorated with a monument that is located in the place of execution in the forest. Built of blocks resembling drops of blood, it is called the "wall of death" or "wall of executions". The mass graves located in the forest were marked with meter-high concrete crosses.

The fate of about 800,000 victims from the Jewish population, killed on a massive scale in gas chambers and shot by the Germans, is symbolized by a moving spatial and monumental composition. In its central part stands an eight-meter obelisk, which on several hectares is surrounded by about 17,000 stones of various sizes. Some of them have been engraved with the names of the places from which transports of people were brought to Treblinka. The only personal commemoration of the victims is a stone dedicated to Janusz Korczak and his charges from the Orphans' Home in Warsaw.

The museum also has the Black Road connecting the two camps, for which broken matzevot from nearby cemeteries were used. It leads to a gravel mine, where prisoners worked and execution sites in the forest.

The museum building houses permanent exhibitions depicting the history of the camps. The museum also conducts lessons for school students.