The embedded image on the wall depicts a forest with the rail tracks imprinted to the infamous camp, Treblinka. Treblinka was constructed in November 1941 as a labour camp, about 80 kilometres northeast of Warsaw. The killing centre, Treblinka II, about 1.5 kilometres south of the labour camp and hidden from view, was established in the summer of 1942. This was the 5th killing centre built after Belzec, Sobibor, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Kulmhof (Chelmno).
Uprising in Treblinka II
On August 2, 1943, Jewish prisoners seized arms, set buildings on fire and attempted to rush to the main gate. Over 300 prisoners managed to evade the machine gun fire and escape; two-thirds of the escapees were later tracked down and killed.
In July 1944, as the Soviet army approached, Nazi guards shot the remaining 300-700 Jewish prisoners in Treblinka I labor camp after the camp was hastily dismantled and disguised as a farm to serve as camouflage for the horrors that occurred.
It is estimated that 900,000 Jews and about 2000 Roma-Sinti were murdered at Treblinka. Less than 100 people survived Treblinka.