In 1944, near the end of World War II, the Nazi army established three concentration camps for prisoners on death row in eastern Poland, one of which was called Sobibor. There was also a mass exodus from a concentration camp, and officials in charge of Sobibor vowed never to let such a thing happen in Sobibor. In this torture camp, escape was the only way out. Even more serious, if a group of prisoners escaped, the Germans would slaughter a corresponding number of prisoners. Any larger escape would mean the life of the guards and German government officials in charge. A death row prisoner led a collective escape of 600 people in such a highly guarded concentration camp, of which 300 succeeded, becoming a miracle in history.
Escape from Sobibor movie plot
2022-07-06 18:32
Extended Reading
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Narrator: In 1942, SS chief Heinrich Himmler initiated "Operation Reinhard," NAZI-Germany's "Final Solution" to the "Jewish question". Three death camps were built and staffed, under top-secret orders. These camps, all in eastern Poland, were Belzec, Treblinka, and the most secret, Sobibor. It was here, on October 14th, 1943, that the biggest, most successful prisoner revolt in WW2 took place. This is that story.
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Narrator: October the 14th, 1943, Sobibor. A Nazi death camp where over one quarter million Jews were killed. But on the revolt that day, over 300 of the 600 prisoners made it to freedom, something which had never happened before, and would never happen again in WW2. Within days, SS chief Himmler ordered the camp closed, dismantled, and planted with pine trees. In that forest now stands this monument to the dead. It is also a reminder of the valiant fighters of Sobibor, who are among those who began to make the idea and the vow "never again" a reality.