Editing Treblinka extermination camp (section)

===Kurt Franz===
After the Treblinka revolt in August 1943, and termination of Operation Reinhard in October 1943, Stangl went with Globocnik to Trieste in northern Italy where SS reinforcements were needed.{{sfn|Arad|1987|p=371}} The third and last Treblinka II commandant was [[Kurt Franz]], nicknamed "Lalka" by the prisoners ({{langx|pl|the doll}}) because he had "an innocent face".<ref name="Berliner/Biala">{{cite web |url=http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/berliner.html |title=Meir Berliner – A Brave act of Resistance at Treblinka – Revolt & Resistance |work=Treblinka |publisher=HolocaustResearchProject.org |access-date=31 October 2013 |author1=Stein, Joel |author2=Webb, Chris |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170811004455/http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/berliner.html |url-status=live }} ''Also in:'' {{harvp|Bryant|2014|p=103}}.</ref> According to survivor testimonies, Franz shot and beat prisoners to death for minor infractions or had his dog Barry tear them to pieces.<ref name="HRP-HS">{{cite web |url=http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/sperling.html |title=Hershl Sperling – Personal Testimony of the Treblinka Death Camp |work=Treblinka |publisher=HolocaustResearchProject.org |access-date=23 May 2014 |author1=Stein, Joel |author2=Webb, Chris |archive-date=20 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220142429/http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/sperling.html |url-status=live }} ''Also in:'' {{harvp|Bryant|2014|p=103|loc=testimonies of Jakob Jakubowicz and Leo Lewi in Düsseldorf, 1964}}.</ref> He managed Treblinka II until November 1943. The subsequent clean-up of the Treblinka II perimeter was completed by prisoners of nearby Treblinka I ''Arbeitslager'' in the following months. Franz's deputy was ''[[Hauptscharführer]]'' [[Fritz Küttner]], who maintained a network of informers among the prisoners and did the hands-on murders.{{sfn|Kopówka|Rytel-Andrianik|2011|p=86}}

Kurt Franz maintained a photo album against orders never to take photographs inside Treblinka. He named it ''Schöne Zeiten'' ("Good Times"). His album is a rare source of images illustrating the mechanised grave digging, brickworks in Małkinia and the Treblinka zoo, among others. Franz was careful not to photograph the gas chambers.{{sfn|Kopówka|Rytel-Andrianik|2011|p=86}}

The Treblinka I gravel mine functioned at full capacity under the command of Theodor van Eupen until July 1944, with new forced labourers sent to him by ''Kreishauptmann'' Ernst Gramss from Sokołów.{{sfn|Kopówka|Rytel-Andrianik|2011|p=49}} The mass shootings continued into 1944.{{sfn|Kopówka|Rytel-Andrianik|2011|p=112}} With Soviet troops closing in, the last 300 to 700 prisoners disposing of the incriminating evidence were executed by ''Trawnikis'' in late July 1944, long after the camp's official closure.{{sfn|Arad|1987|pp=373–375}}<ref name="USHMM-Treblinka" /> Strebel, the ethnic German who had been installed in the farmhouse built in place of the camp's original bakery using bricks from the gas chambers, set fire to the building and fled to avoid capture.{{sfn|Kopówka|Rytel-Andrianik|2011|p=112}}