Resistance in Treblinka: The Tangible Witnesses. Speakers: Prof. Caroline Sturdy Colls, Dr. Tamir Hod, Yaron Tzur (Online event)
Wednesday, 18.01.2023
13.00 (EST), 19.00 (CET), 20.00 (IST)
Speakers: Prof. Caroline Sturdy Colls, Dr. Tamir Hod, Yaron Tzur
2022 marked the 80th anniversary of “Aktion Reinhard” – the German plan to murder all the Jews of Poland living in the General Government. To mark this anniversary, Galicia Jewish Museum, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Ghetto Fighters House invites for a program titled 80 Years After “Aktion Reinhard”: The Industrial Killing of European Jewry – a series of four online lectures given by some of the most recognized scholars in this field, each one focusing on a different aspect of the Holocaust and related to this key event.
The systematic murder on the Treblinka extermination camp began in July 1942 with the arrival of the first transport from the Warsaw Ghetto. By the time the camp was dismantled, a little over a year later, roughly 900,000 people, the vast majority of whom were Jews, had been murdered there. The existing sources of information available demonstrate how difficult it is to paint a clear picture of what was happening in that terrible place of mass killing. Whether these sources date back to the time the events took place, or were later sources, we can witness the many influences affecting them.
Dr. Tamir Hod will present examples of the gaps between memory and history when it comes to the Treblinka extermination camp. This lecture is an introduction to the program and will explain the importance of combining research from different fields, such as archeology and history, in order to try to grasp the impossible.
Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls will discuss the tangible and intangible evidence of resistance at Treblinka, derived from her archaeological and historical investigations since 2007. As well as addressing the material traces of resistance at the infamous extermination camp (Treblinka II), she will also consider the lesser known role of the inmates and guards from Treblinka labour camp (Treblinka I) in resistance activities.
The program will conclude with a virtual tour given by Yaron Tzur of the Treblinka model that is located at the Ghetto Fighters’ House. This model, serving as post-war tangible evidence, was built by Yaakov Wiernik who was one of the survivors of the Treblinka and the uprising in August, 1943.
All the lectures will take place live on Zoom. Programs will be in English with simultaneous translation to Polish. Recorded lectures will be available later at the Galicia Jewish Museum YouTube channel.
In English, with translation to Polish. Free admission.
Registration required: click HERE.
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