Logan Square in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Train Tracks from Treblinka
Deportation and Extermination
These sections of train track were pulled from the ground near the Treblinka death camp in Poland. The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation imbeds them here to recall the industrial efficiency that defined the Nazi's "Final Solution to the Jewish Question." Trains transported millions of Jews to their deaths.
In many cases, Nazis crammed their victims into freight cars bound directly for sites of extermination. Immediately upon exiting the cars, they were stripped of clothing, packed into gas chambers labeled "showers," and poisoned with carbon monoxide. other Jews were forced to collect and burn the bodies, destroying the evidence of genocide and making room for additional victims.
Erected 2018 by USC Shoah Foundation.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Law Enforcement • Railroads & Streetcars • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.
Location. 39° 57.315′ N, 75° 10.039′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Logan Square. Marker is on Benjamin Franklin Parkway west of Arch Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Theresienstadt Tree (a few steps from this marker); Six Pillars (a few steps from this marker); Freedom of Religion / Nuremberg Laws (within shouting distance of this marker); Bearing Witness / Human Equality (within shouting distance of this marker); Religious Persecution / Natural Rights (within shouting distance of this marker); Protecting Life and Liberty / Totalitarianism (within shouting distance of this marker); Liberation / The Master Race (within shouting distance of this marker); Death Camps / American Democracy (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
