It staggers the mind when you say " at least 750,000 people went down this railway line en route to their death" . And how remote and relatively inaccessible this giant grave yard is today
I agree with you absolutely. Life is too short to deal with people with psychiatric problems - I only wish those that had these problems would leave the rest of us alone!
Very interesting! I am a high school teacher and I teach a unit on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. I'm showing this to my students as we learn about Treblinka - the final destination for so many of the Warsaw Jews. Those who deny this are as bad as the Nazis themselves. Thanks!
I agree with you on this one. We Europeans committed genocide on the native Americans and in many countries in America this continues to be unrecognised. I have brought this subject up at various times and in the proper place for it.
Hi Alan Doing a trip later this year to various sites, just one ? the spur at Treblinka that you say you can no longer walk along due to the sign 5:06 in your video. Do you know the reason for this, as I would imagine it adds to the whole historic feeling of the camp.
Maybe a bit off topic, but has anyone written a biography about Kurt Franz? I am interested in knowing about how he became such a monster, after watching a very disturbing interview with him on TH-cam.
Thank you Mr. Heath for this educational and informative video. I have a question. Was the spur running towards T.II a narrow-gauge rail? (that is, the spur that is splitting from the main Malkinia-Siedlce rail.) Lately I was seeing Holocaust Deniers trying to claim that and I want to give them a feedback.
This is a very good question. It has often been written that it was a narrow guage railway but I believe that it was normal track, otherwise people would have had to change trains. The only camp where narrow guage was used was Chełmno nad Nerem. As for the holocaust denier liars, I think it is pointless arguing with them. They won't say the reason why they deny the Holocaust which is because they are racists. At the end of the day, one cannot argue with an idiot, because firstly it might bring one down to their level and secondly, they have a lifetime of experience in stupidity and therefore are more likely to win.
@@VanlifewithAlan Thank you for the answer. Indeed, a narrow-gauge railway would force the changing of trains, but as far as I know, there are no testimonies of this happening! Can you tell what sources tell that it was a narrow-gauge railway? I am not familiar of any
@@ironlionzion6125 I don't know any either - and I have asked. The only logical reason for it to be so was for the quarry. The advantage of narrow guage is that it can go places wide guage cannot. However as the land here did not require the line to have sharp bends then I cannot see why a narrow guage would be used, particularly as a quarry would have large quantities of bulky materials.
@@VanlifewithAlan Thank you once again for the answer. I agree with your analysis. Do you know if the remnants of the spur are still visible in the road? I know a picture from 1962 depicting the area which you filmed (where the spur splits from the main rail) and the remnants of the spur are seen embedded in the road.
It is not genocide when Europeans killed others indirectly by diseases they introduced as they did not know about it. However it is when they deliberately set out to kill the native populations as I believe happened in some cases in north America and certainly happened in Brazil or Argentina.
There were allegations that some British commanders gave or caused to give Natives blankets and handkerchiefs that were used by Smallpox victims. The scabs from the pustules are highly infectious. Europeans are somewhat immune to forms of smallpox. Native Americans had almost no immunity to the disease. Mass hunting of Bison reduced their numbers drastically. Once they were mostly killed off the Natives were reduced to farming or government largesse. Commercial firms used bison skeletons and hides for industrial processes.
Brilliant Alan im looking forward to reading it i was stuck between it and "Revolt in Treblinka" sorry to ask but has it info on the treblinka trials? Fantastic videos.
Making the condemned wait on trains was part of their conditioning to be "processed". No food or water. No idea of when they would get to their destination. You could not keep them from talking, speculating, getting each other worked up. All of this helped make removal from the train, undressing and "processing" easier for the SS.
Alan, regarding wht happened to the native poulation of North America the results are tragic. If you look at a population curve their numbers were absolutely devastated almost 130 years before the formation of the United States. Mostly disease spread from the European explorers although there is no shortage of stories of atrocities comitted against the Natives. Why does the United States get compared to the Nazis because of what happened? Both horrible but very different
Alan is it known why he did this as it is a great shame of course, i have reag that surviver hershel sperling killed himself 50 years after the revolt also.
Actually I would not label the Native American tradjedy as Genocide. Isn't Genocide a systematic or at least intentional approach to wipe out a desired popluation? To the best of my knowledge this was never the intention of the explorers and settlers of North America. Atrocities were rampant against Native Americans but nothing compared to the toll taken by disease. Would 'Genocide' be the right term for this? Just asking...
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It staggers the mind when you say " at least 750,000 people went down this railway line en route to their death" .
And how remote and relatively inaccessible this giant grave yard is today
I agree with you absolutely. Life is too short to deal with people with psychiatric problems - I only wish those that had these problems would leave the rest of us alone!
You would be an amazing guide. Thanks for all your work.
Very interesting! I am a high school teacher and I teach a unit on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. I'm showing this to my students as we learn about Treblinka - the final destination for so many of the Warsaw Jews. Those who deny this are as bad as the Nazis themselves. Thanks!
I agree with you on this one. We Europeans committed genocide on the native Americans and in many countries in America this continues to be unrecognised. I have brought this subject up at various times and in the proper place for it.
In a car today, it would take you approximately five to six hours. The road between Warsaw and Katowice is quite fast!
Superb footage 👍👍👍👍👍
I really enjoy these books by the survivors like this one sounds by willenberg, i have also read richard glazers "trap with a green fence".
You must be really proud of yourself. Why all the hate? Get out there, find a woman, play guitar, enjoy life a little bit.
Always love your videos, Alan :)
Hi Alan
Doing a trip later this year to various sites, just one ? the spur at Treblinka that you say you can no longer walk along due to the sign 5:06 in your video.
Do you know the reason for this, as I would imagine it adds to the whole historic feeling of the camp.
Wonderful location and narration--it's too bad the camera shots are so amateurish and shaky. Is this a cellphone camera?
Maybe a bit off topic, but has anyone written a biography about Kurt Franz? I am interested in knowing about how he became such a monster, after watching a very disturbing interview with him on TH-cam.
Torsten I will do a short bio of him on my history channel. I have written some of the notes. A friend corresponded with him when he was in jail.
@@VanlifewithAlan oh I will be looking forward to watching that. Thanks a lot 😊
@@torstensandvei4973 Torsten I must say that I doubt I will do it this year as there is now a huge backlog of things I am working on but I will do it.
@@VanlifewithAlan No worries. You make some great videos!
Alan have you read the book "Surviving Treblinka" as I have ordered a copy, and if so what do you think of it?
Thanks.
You can walk along all the spurs - you can't drive down in the car (It is around 2:50).
Thank you Mr. Heath for this educational and informative video.
I have a question. Was the spur running towards T.II a narrow-gauge rail? (that is, the spur that is splitting from the main Malkinia-Siedlce rail.)
Lately I was seeing Holocaust Deniers trying to claim that and I want to give them a feedback.
This is a very good question. It has often been written that it was a narrow guage railway but I believe that it was normal track, otherwise people would have had to change trains. The only camp where narrow guage was used was Chełmno nad Nerem.
As for the holocaust denier liars, I think it is pointless arguing with them. They won't say the reason why they deny the Holocaust which is because they are racists. At the end of the day, one cannot argue with an idiot, because firstly it might bring one down to their level and secondly, they have a lifetime of experience in stupidity and therefore are more likely to win.
@@VanlifewithAlan Thank you for the answer. Indeed, a narrow-gauge railway would force the changing of trains, but as far as I know, there are no testimonies of this happening!
Can you tell what sources tell that it was a narrow-gauge railway? I am not familiar of any
@@ironlionzion6125 I don't know any either - and I have asked. The only logical reason for it to be so was for the quarry. The advantage of narrow guage is that it can go places wide guage cannot. However as the land here did not require the line to have sharp bends then I cannot see why a narrow guage would be used, particularly as a quarry would have large quantities of bulky materials.
@@VanlifewithAlan Thank you once again for the answer. I agree with your analysis.
Do you know if the remnants of the spur are still visible in the road? I know a picture from 1962 depicting the area which you filmed (where the spur splits from the main rail) and the remnants of the spur are seen embedded in the road.
@@ironlionzion6125 The spur was embedded in the road 15 years ago but it may no longer be as there have been a lot of road improvements recently.
It is not genocide when Europeans killed others indirectly by diseases they introduced as they did not know about it. However it is when they deliberately set out to kill the native populations as I believe happened in some cases in north America and certainly happened in Brazil or Argentina.
There were allegations that some British commanders gave or caused to give Natives blankets and handkerchiefs that were used by Smallpox victims. The scabs from the pustules are highly infectious.
Europeans are somewhat immune to forms of smallpox. Native Americans had almost no immunity to the disease.
Mass hunting of Bison reduced their numbers drastically. Once they were mostly killed off the Natives were reduced to farming or government largesse.
Commercial firms used bison skeletons and hides for industrial processes.
Brilliant Alan im looking forward to reading it i was stuck between it and "Revolt in Treblinka" sorry to ask but has it info on the treblinka trials?
Fantastic videos.
And also do you have any info on Herschel Grynszpan alan, the young man who insigated kristalnight?
Making the condemned wait on trains was part of their conditioning to be "processed". No food or water. No idea of when they would get to their destination.
You could not keep them from talking, speculating, getting each other worked up. All of this helped make removal from the train, undressing and "processing" easier for the SS.
I have also read that the trains were guarded by rabid creatures who would shoot any attempted escapees or sometimes shoot into the train itself.
At least Ernst admits it happened. He's honest in his repulsive sentiments.
Alan, regarding wht happened to the native poulation of North America the results are tragic. If you look at a population curve their numbers were absolutely devastated almost 130 years before the formation of the United States. Mostly disease spread from the European explorers although there is no shortage of stories of atrocities comitted against the Natives.
Why does the United States get compared to the Nazis because of what happened? Both horrible but very different
You can't see them both in one day - they are too far apart and at Auschwitz there is a lot of walking! Take three days - with one day for travelling!
Alan is it known why he did this as it is a great shame of course, i have reag that surviver hershel sperling killed himself 50 years after the revolt also.
Actually I would not label the Native American tradjedy as Genocide. Isn't Genocide a systematic or at least intentional approach to wipe out a desired popluation? To the best of my knowledge this was never the intention of the explorers and settlers of North America. Atrocities were rampant against Native Americans but nothing compared to the toll taken by disease.
Would 'Genocide' be the right term for this? Just asking...
Funny how one person's "Genocide" is another person's "Tragedy". For the "Tragedy" represents merely the cover-up of the crime.
Is probably you could follow the same way of dead , nazis also killed the mental discapacities .
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