The evidence being offered for this is that Eberl called the Treblinka camp (that hundreds of thousands were sent to, this is the one headed by T4 personell so not T1) a work camp.
No, he called his construction project the "expansion of Arbeitslager Treblinka", in multiple documents, and these budget documents also pertain to the "expansion of Arbeitslager Treblinka." And when the construction office was interviewed, they also related T-II to the "expansion of Treblinka camp."
It's also not uncommon for construction projects like this to be carried out on demand and then to end up in the budget at a later date. It is not the case that these sort of projects were only constructed in the fiscal year they are accounted for in budget documents, so the fiscal year is not conclusive evidence for the time of construction of the listed projects.
T-II was part of Arbeitslager Treblinka, because it was a Jewish work camp carrying out Operation Reinhardt- an economic operation for the utilization of Jewish property. That was the purpose of T-II. It wasn't a transit camp or an extermination camp, it was a work camp like the Pabianice sorting camp, which was also a secret Jewish work camp. The gravel operation at T-I was under the jurisdiction of the SS-WVHA just like Operation Reinhardt. If the WVHA is running the gravel operation at TI, it makes sense they will expand the camp to serve another WVHA initiative (Operation Reinhardt).
I have not said T-II was in Malkinia I said Malkinia was the "transit camp" and those deportees were not brought to T-II, but their property was brought there as part of Operation Reinhardt.
Both TI and TII were "Arbeitlsager Treblinka", it was a work camp.
Question:
“According to your previous statements, you only ever speak of the, i.e., a Treblinka camp. Are you now making a distinction between a Treblinka labor camp and a Treblinka extermination camp?”
Answer:
“According to my memory today, despite the discussions, I still only have in mind that in Treblinka only a new camp was to be set up or an already existing small camp was to be expanded. I am even sure that I did not know or assume anything more at the time.”
Note:
The available knowledge concerning the expansion of the Treblinka labor camp and the construction of the Treblinka extermination camp was discussed with the witness.
The witness then stated:
“The Treblinka camp is still one concept for me. Concrete facts that go beyond my previous statements have not come to my memory despite the discussions. For example, I do not remember hearing anything about the fact that the extermination camp was possibly set up under the direction of a commando from Lublin and with the involvement of Jewish labor commandos and guard commandos from the Treblinka labor camp.
I cannot say more with the best will in the world.”
The implication is that the debate between mainstream and revisionists has been focused on "Was it a Transit camp or an Extermination camp?" But the most likely possibility is that it was a work camp just like Eberl said, and the labor camp was created to conduct Operation Reinhardt.
The only concrete documentary reference to the function of T-II specifically identifies it as a Work Camp... That is significant evidence.
Even the Treblinka museum admits administrative overlap with the gravel operation in TI. Makes sense in the world were both are "Arbeitslager Treblinka" but makes no sense in the mainstream theory of a secret extermination camp completely independent of TI.
