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Sobibor (/ ˈ s oʊ b ɪ b ɔːr /, Polish: ) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland.
- 170,000–250,000
- SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor
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German SS and police officials conducted deportations to Sobibor between May 1942 and the fall of 1943. Between late July and September 1942, deportations by train to Sobibor from points south were suspended. During this time, repairs were made on the Chelm-Lublin railway. German SS and police officials deported Jews to Sobibor primarily from the g...
Approximately 50 German and Austrian personnel served at the site. As at Belzec and Treblinka—the other Operation Reinhard killing centers—the German staff derived almost exclusively from the T4, or “euthanasia,” programpersonnel. Sobibor's first official commandant was Austrian policeman Franz Stangl. Initially, Stangl had served as deputy adminis...
The Sobibor killing center was divided into three “camps.” It consisted of an administration area, a reception area, and a killing area. The administration area included the site’s entrance gate, railway ramp, and living quarters for the SS men and Trawniki guards. It also included Camp I where a relatively small number of Jewish prisoners labored ...
Camp authorities began regular gassing operationsin early May of 1942. Prior to that, they conducted some early experimental gassings to test the efficacy of the gas chambers. Transports of 40 to 60 freight cars would arrive at the Sobibor railway station. Next, 20 cars at a time were taken to Camp I. There the camp guards ordered victims out of th...
In early 1943, the Jewish prisoners became concerned as they sensed that killing operations in Sobibor were winding down. They also learned that Belzec had been dismantled and all surviving prisoners liquidated. In response, the prisoners organized a resistance group in the late spring of 1943. In late September, this group was augmented in numbers...
After the revolt, German camp officials and the Trawniki-trained guards dismantled the killing center. They also shot the Jewish prisoners who had not escaped during the uprising. Pursuant to discussions in the SS hierarchy in the summer of 1943, the Germans had intended to transform the facility to be used for other purposes. Initially, it was to ...
Its first commandant, Franz Stangl, presided over about 700 Jewish workers engaged temporarily to service the camp, however this number would soon grow exponentially. Sobibor operated from April 1942 until the camp was destroyed following an inmate revolt in October 1943. Approximately 250,000 people were murdered here, the vast majority being ...
Sep 4, 2020 · Sobibor Uprising. Under the most adverse conditions, Jewish prisoners initiated resistance and uprisings in some Nazi camps. On October 14, 1943, prisoners in Sobibor killed 11 members of the camp's SS staff, including the camp’s deputy commandant Johann Niemann. While close to 300 prisoners escaped, breaking through the barbed wire and ...
Sobibor, Nazi German extermination camp located in a forest near the village of Sobibór in the present-day Polish province of Lublin. Built in March 1942, it operated from May 1942 until October 1943, and its gas chambers killed a total of about 250,000 Jews, mostly from Poland and occupied areas.
- Michael Berenbaum
This article is a brief reconsideration of a powerful example of armed resistance from one of the less familiar Nazi death camps, Sobibor. The story, gripping, inspiring, and heartbreaking at the same time, is of the uprising of October 14, 1943.
Jan 28, 2020 · 28 January 2020. ushmm. A Sobibor gateway says "SS Sonderkommando" - the name for special death camp units. Previously unseen photos from the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland have...
