Sobibór extermination camp

Sobibór was a Nazi killing center in German-occupied Poland, where German authorities and their collaborators murdered most deportees in gas chambers during the Holocaust.

Operation Reinhard: The Nazi German operation that murdered Jews in occupied Poland at Bełżec, Sobibór, and Treblinka. Sobibór was one of the three killing centers established for this operation.
Alexander Pechersky: A Soviet Jewish officer who helped lead the 1943 prisoner uprising at Sobibór. He organized the revolt with other prisoners while imprisoned in the camp.
Holocaust: The genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. Sobibór was one site within the broader genocide of European Jews.
Holocaust testimony: First-person accounts by survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, recorded orally or in writing. Survivors' accounts are central evidence for Sobibór's history.
Sobibór extermination camp uprising: A prisoner revolt on 14 October 1943 that enabled dozens of prisoners to escape Sobibór. The uprising disrupted killing operations and led German authorities to close the camp.
Leon Feldhendler: A Polish Jewish prisoner who helped organize the Sobibór uprising. His underground group planned resistance before Pechersky arrived.
Nazi German occupation of Poland: The German occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945, marked by terror, exploitation, and mass murder. The camp was built and operated in German-occupied Poland.
Holocaust denial: The false claim that the Holocaust did not occur or that its scale and methods are fabricated. Sobibór's surviving testimony and physical evidence refute denial of the killings.
Trawniki men: Auxiliary guards, many recruited from Soviet prisoners of war, trained by the SS at Trawniki. These guards helped secure the camp and enforce its killing process.
Thomas Blatt: A Polish Jewish survivor of Sobibór who later gave testimony about the camp and uprising. His testimony preserves details of daily life and resistance at Sobibór.

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