Mass Killing in 1942-1943: ‘Operation Reinhard’ Killing Centres

2022 marks the 80th anniversary of “Aktion Reinhard” – the German plan to murder all the Jews of Poland living in the General Government. To mark this anniversary, the Galicia Jewish Museum, the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Ghetto Fighters House invite you to a programme titled, 80 Years After “Aktion Reinhard”: The Industrial Killing of European Jewry – a series of four online lectures given by some of the most recognised scholars in this field, each one focusing on a different aspect of the Holocaust and related to this key event.

During the second lecture in the series, author Chris Webb explores the history of the Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka death camps. He looks at some of the key SS figures responsible for running the sites and the Jewish prisoners who were deported there. Finally, he describes the heroic and dramatic revolts that took place in the camps.

Tali Nates, director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Center (South Africa) shares her family’s history connected to both Treblinka and Belżec death camps.

As part of the project “80 Years to Aktion Reinhard: The Industrial Killing of European Jewry". Public online series marking the 80th anniversary of the mass killings of European Jews by the Nazi Regime.