Sobibor extermination camp uprising

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Holocaust resistance event Jewish resistance World War II event prisoner revolt uprising

The Sobibor extermination camp uprising was a 1943 prisoner revolt in the Nazi death camp Sobibor, in which inmates organized a mass escape that led to the camp’s closure and became one of the most significant acts of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.

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Sobibor extermination camp uprising canonical 4
Sobibor uprising 2
Jewish resistance in Sobibor extermination camp 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust resistance event ⓘ
Jewish resistance ⓘ
World War II event ⓘ
prisoner revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
aim mass escape from Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ
overthrow of camp guards ⓘ
casualties many prisoners killed during escape ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorials at former Sobibor site ⓘ
commemoratedOn 14 October ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
date 1943-10-14 ⓘ
describedIn historical research on Operation Reinhard camps ⓘ
survivor testimonies ⓘ
followedBy Aktion Erntefest reprisals in the Lublin district ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance evidence of organized resistance in extermination camps ⓘ
symbol of armed Jewish resistance ⓘ
leader Alexander Pechersky ⓘ
Leon Feldhendler ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Poland ⓘ
location Sobibor ⓘ
surface form: Sobibor extermination camp
method attempted seizure of weapons ⓘ
luring SS officers into workshops and killing them ⓘ
mass dash for the perimeter and surrounding forest ⓘ
secret planning by prisoner underground ⓘ
notableFor one of the most significant acts of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust ⓘ
successful mass breakout from a Nazi extermination camp ⓘ
opponent German camp guards ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
SS ⓘ
Ukrainian auxiliary guards ⓘ
organizedBy Jewish prisoners ⓘ
Soviet Jewish prisoners of war ⓘ
partOf Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
perpetratorsTargeted SS officers ⓘ
camp command staff ⓘ
precededBy Treblinka uprising ⓘ
surface form: Treblinka extermination camp uprising
relatedTo Jewish partisan activity ⓘ
Nazi extermination camps ⓘ
Operation Reinhard ⓘ
result closure of Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ
destruction of camp facilities by Nazis ⓘ
liquidation of Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ
mass escape of prisoners ⓘ
survivors dozens of escapees survived the war ⓘ
triggered Nazi decision to dismantle Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ
year 1943 ⓘ

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Alexander Pechersky → participatedIn → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
Christian Wirth → involvedIn → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sobibor extermination camp organization
Thomas Blatt → participantIn → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sobibor uprising
Leon Feldhendler → participatedIn → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
Esther Raab → survivedEvent → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sobibor extermination camp uprising and escape
Esther Raab → associatedWith → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
Jewish underground organizations → notableExample → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jewish resistance in Sobibor extermination camp
Jewish underground organizations → contributedTo → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sobibor uprising
Pechersky → participatedIn → Sobibor extermination camp uprising ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander Pechersky