 Swedish authorities quickly found out that the deportation of the parents, and siblings to the death camp Treblinka meant that they were murdered and the children were orphans ("Both parents to Triblinky, from where nobody ever returned"). |
The Swedish investigators at SUK* in Stockholm knew what Auschwitz was and what Bergen-Belsen was, but not what was hidden behind the name Treblinka**. By searching for parents and relatives of the children who came to Sweden with UNRRA White Boats (Vita Båtar), they themselves came to the realization that Treblinka was the place from which you did not get out alive.
Swedish authorities quickly found out that the deportation of the parents, and siblings to the death camp Treblinka meant that they were murdered there and children were the orphans.
In numerous investigations, they wrote, "Both parents to Triblinky, from where nobody ever returned" (Both parents to Treblinka, from where nobody ever returned). Probably the children were saying in Polish that relatives "pojechali do Treblinki", went to Treblinka - the result of the conjugation of Polish names of cities.
*SUK - STATENS UTLÄNNINGSKOMMISSION had a special unit, the Swedish National Tracing Bureau. The unit tried to find the relatives of the children who arrived in Sweden with UNRRA White Boats in July 1945.
** Treblinka (pronounced [trɛˈbliŋka] was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. The camp operated between 23 July 1942 and 19 October 1943. During this time, it is estimated that 950,000 Jews were murdered in its gas chambers. Polish rail traffic controller at Treblinka village claims in his book Old and New Memories, based on his own records, that at least 1,200,000 people were murdered at Treblinka.
Deportations to the Treblinka death camp started in Warszawa on July 22, 1942. Great Aktion there during the entire summer of 1942 (until mid-September 1942) resulted in 275,000 deported, read murdered by suffocation. Germans also deported tens of thousands more to concentration camps.
The "Great Aktion" at Piotrków lasted for eight days beginning October 14, 1942. The total of 22,000 inmates of Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto were split into four transports which included Jews that were previously expelled to Piotrków from Kamieńsk, Przygłów, Sulejów, Srock, Tuszyn, Wolborz, Rozprza, Bełchatów, Kalisz, Gniezno and Płock. Also, Jews from Warszawa and Kraków ghettos that moved to Piotrków were in these transports. German logistics concerning the murder of Jews in Poland was very special. The area of operations was divided into Warszawa District (including Warszawa Ghetto), Radom District, Lublin District, and Bialystok District.
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| SUK cooperated with other search institutions. |
