Chapter 2

Lesson 4: The Dark World of Nazi Concentration Camps

“Janusz Korczak, who stayed with children until their last breaths at Treblinka”

- President Bill Clinton

Janusz Korczak was one of 900,000 innocent people who died at the Concentration Camp of Treblinka (truh-bling-kuh).

What is a Concentration Camp?

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A concentration camp is a place where many people are imprisoned and forced to work under harsh conditions, often because of their religion, ethnicity, or political beliefs
At camps like Treblinka, millions of people were killed by the Nazis because the Nazi regime was intolerant to their religion, race, sexuality, or political beliefs.

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