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Train cars separated at Malkin

At Malkin, rear cars carrying unsuitable workers were uncoupled and sent to Treblinka.

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... At the railroad station in Malkin, the train stopped, because Malkin was the way-station for the newly constructed route to Treblinka. The rear twenty cars where the unsuitable workers were trapped were uncoupled from the rest of the train. Quickly a second locomotive was attached to these twenty cars, carrying them off to Treblinka. Suddenly cries and screams from the Treblinka train became deafening and were heard in the other twenty cars with the suitable workers. After a while, the noise abated and the train to Treblinka van- ished into the forest. ...
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