Preserving The Memory Of 875,000 Who Were Killed At Treblinka

Treblinka Monument

Only 2 Survivors Remain From Nazi Camp Treblinka -- CBS News/AP

Last 2 Survivors Of Notorious Nazi Death Camp Treblinka Devote Last Years To Memory Of Victims.

(AP) BAT YAM, Israel (AP) - They are believed to be the last two survivors of the most chillingly efficient killing machine of the Nazi Holocaust: the Treblinka extermination camp in occupied Poland.

Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, 87-year-old Israelis, are devoting their final years to trying to preserve the memory of the 875,000 people systematically murdered in a one-year killing spree at the height of World War II. Almost all of them were Jews.

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My Comment: Knowing that you are the last 2 survivors out of 875,000 .... what a painful and terrible legacy to carry, along with the knowledge that you are the last survivors from that era.