Oral testimonies and narratives, diaries, handwritten notes. The anthropogeography of the Holocaust, through the traces of space and people.
”Silent tracks: The people behind the Holocaust”
EPISODE 12: ”TREBLINKA”
Utilizing the fundamental principles of Euclidean geometry, the Nazis created multiple levels of entrapment, with the ultimate goal of annihilating their victims both mentally and, subsequently, physically. The displacement, entrapment, and extermination of 11 million people in less than five years required precise mathematical calculations, knowledge of medical practices, and proficiency in spatial sciences.
The brief history of Treblinka began in November 1941. The Warsaw police chief and high-ranking SS officers oversaw the fast-paced construction of a forced-labor camp in an area between the villages of Treblinka and Malkinia, Northeast of the Polish capital.
However, Treblinka is associated with the deportation and killing of large numbers of Greek Jews. Between 1943 and 1944, 58,000 Greek Jews, Romaniotes and Sephardim were arrested in Greece by the occupying forces and their collaborators. At the same time, in France, another two thousand Jews were arrested, all of them Greek nationals.
The radio documentary is based on the written diary of Jankiel Wiernik.
Research/Documentation/Presentation: Thomas Sideris
Research-documentation-presentation: Thomas Sideris
Broadcast: Friday 8 December 2023, 13.00-14.00