- The penal labour camp Treblinka I, was established in the summer of 1941. The camp was located two kilometers away from the extermination camp Treblinka II, which at that time was not yet established.

- During the initial stage of the camp's history, mainly Polish people were interned here from the Warsaw area. Later Jews from the same area joined them. The average number of the prisoners from the time that the camp was established to it's closure was from a 100 prisoners to a 2 000.

- The prisoners worked mainly at the nearby gravel pit, which is still visible. The other important areas to where prisoners were sent to slave labour were the Malkinia railway station and the irrigation area in the valley of river Bug. Some prisoners also worked in the camp workshops.

- In total, there were approximately 20 000 people who passed through the penal labour camp Treblinka I. Nearly half of these people were murdered during the three years that the camp existed. The camp was dismantled in July 1944 as the Red Army was approaching the area. Today there still is remnants from the barracks visible in the ground.

- Theodor von Eupen the commandant of the penal labour camp Treblinka I, was killed in December 1944 by the Polish partisans.

- During the over 36 months of the camps existence, thousands of victims and stories about suffering...you cannot hide behind your camera here.

- The place does not need any empty words.