Transport records indicate that trains frequently stopped at intermediate Jewish labour camps and junctions before reaching Treblinka, which itself consisted of three separate subcamps. These operational pauses mean that population flows were not continuous, adding uncertainty to any estimate of daily arrivals or total throughput.
Observations from locals, including Marion Olszuk who walked past Treblinka daily and could see into the camp, provide additional constraints on possible activity and volumes. Taken together, the logistical and observational evidence demonstrates that precise numerical claims—such as 700,000 deaths—are not substantiated by independent evidence.
This is not a statement that deaths did not occur, but a recognition that the available data leave a substantial margin of uncertainty, making high-precision totals methodologically unsupportable.
The argument that train stops at Jewish labour camps imply that no one disembarked is not supported by historical evidence. For example, at Skaz Kammiena, a recorded muster of 8,000 Jews arrived entirely by train, demonstrating that trains stopping en route routinely delivered people to camps.
Transport pauses alone cannot be used to infer that passengers remained on board or that deaths at downstream sites did not occur. Logistical and eyewitness evidence indicates that disembarkation at labour or processing points was standard, making claims to the contrary methodologically unsound.
