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Evacuation of Jews from the provinces

Jews from surrounding communities were evacuated to Treblinka.

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... the Jews in the provinces were evacuated, Barasz turned over to Tamarof certain photographs and documents, some of which contained horrifying information. These papers were found in the clothes of provincial Jews sent away. The jackets, after proper disinfection, were returned to Bialystok so the textile factories could recy- cle them. While sorting these garments, the workers found papers written by their former owners. The name ‘“Treblinka” often appeared. And so the ghastly truth the Nazis had been concealing — what ‘“‘deportation”’ really meant — was uncovered. ...
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