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Among the guards at Treblinka, one man's sadistic reputation looms larger than the rest: Ivan the Terrible. He was infamous for his ruthless treatment of prisoners, personally overseeing the horrific processes in the gas chambers. Details of his brutality involve him wielding a pipe and a sword to inflict torture and violence on the people he was meant to lead to their deaths.
Survivors recounted the graphic cruelty of Ivan, describing how he would nail victims' ears to walls, gouge out eyes, and commit acts of unspeakable violence against men, women, and children alike. It was said that he relished in the suffering he caused, often appearing to find amusement in the pain of his victims.