Małkinia Górna is a large village in

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, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with about 6,000 inhabitants (2005). It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Małkinia Górna. Małkinia is a railway junction. There, the main line between Warsaw and

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crosses with the less important line between Ostrołęka and

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. During World War II the Treblinka extermination camp was located nearby. Prisoners were often held in locked trains at the Małkinia railway station awaiting transport into the camp.Alan Heat
The route to Treblinka
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References

Jewish Community in Małkinia Górna
on Virtual Shtetl Villages in Ostrów Mazowiecka County Holocaust locations in Poland {{OstrówMazowiecka-geo-stub