Umschlagplatz
– The
Umschlagplatz, which
meant trans-shipment
square, was the former
railway where deportees
from the Warsaw ghetto
were loaded onto cattle
trucks with claims that
they were to be
relocated. However, in
reality they were sent
to the death at
Treblinka, about 40
miles northeast of
Warsaw. A memorial was
constructed on this
site, where we saw
common names common in
Warsaw during that time
on the walls to
commemorate those
deported to and died in
Treblinka.
