Jan Maletka

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Jan Maletka (1921-1942) was a Polish railway worker. On 20 August 1942 he was murdered by the Germans for providing water to Jews being transported to the Treblinka concentration camp.[1] On 26 November 2021, as a part of the Called by Name project, a plaque commemorating him has been revealed in the village of Treblinka, which has sparked a controversy.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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