Practically no traces of Treblinka

For the international day of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, the FSB of the Russian Federation declassified some documents on the investigation of Nazi crimes in the Treblinka Death Camp.

The Conveyor of Death functioned from late 1941 to the end of July 1944, according to those involved in the atrocities, up to 2,500 people were killed per day in Treblinka by shooting and suffocation with gases.

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Netanyahu vows never to let Israelis be tried for war crimes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he would never allow any of the Israel’s leaders or soldiers to be put on trial for war crimes. Netanyahu opened his fiery speech at the inauguration of the Knesset’s winter session by blasting the Goldstone Commission’s report sponsored by the United Nations, that accused Israel of committing war crimes during its war against militants in the Gaza Strip last year. Israel has the right to defend itself, Netanyahu declared, and would not acquiesce to a situation where wartime leaders or troops who participated in the operation stand trial.

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