By Thomas Olson ∙ December 31, 2025
This paper utilizes developing technology to produce a new English translation of Jankiel Wiernik’s A Year in Treblinka and critically compares it to the 1979 English translation published by Alexander Donat. It particularly focuses on the passages that Donat selectively omitted. By comparing the texts, it highlights discrepancies and explores the implications of these alterations….
By Thomas Olson ∙ September 22, 2025
This article examines Jankiel Wiernik’s activities in Warsaw, Poland in the years preceding the Second World War. The claim that Jankiel Wiernik was not an experienced writer before recording his experience of the Treblinka camp is called into question by newspaper reports from Warsaw and around Poland highlighting Wiernik’s involvement in writing communist propaganda for…
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