Alexander Pechersky

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Alexander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer who became a key leader of the 1943 prisoner uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp, one of the most significant acts of armed resistance during the Holocaust.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust resistance fighter
Jewish partisan
Red Army officer
Soviet military officer
human
aimOfActivity mass escape of prisoners from Sobibor
causeOfNotability one of the most significant acts of armed resistance in a Nazi extermination camp
commemoratedIn memorials and literature about the Sobibor uprising
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
describedBySource Holocaust historiography
accounts of the Sobibor uprising
ethnicGroup Jews
familyName Pechersky
givenName Alexander
hasHonor posthumous recognition as a hero of the Sobibor uprising
hasInfluenceOn memory of Jewish armed resistance in the Holocaust
hasQuality courage
leadership
organizational skill
hasRole prisoner-of-war
uprising leader
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
militaryBranch Red Army
militaryRank officer
movement Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Soviet partisan movement
nativeLanguage Russian
notableEvent leading coordinated killing of SS officers and guards at Sobibor
notableFor leadership of the 1943 Sobibor extermination camp uprising
notableWork planning and organizing the Sobibor revolt
occupation military officer
opposedBy Nazi Germany
opposedTo Holocaust
participatedIn Sobibor extermination camp uprising
World War II
placeOfImprisonment Nazi prisoner-of-war camps
Sobibor extermination camp
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
significantEvent capture by German forces during World War II
deportation to Sobibor extermination camp
escape from Sobibor during the uprising
joining Soviet partisans after escape from Sobibor
subjectOf books on Holocaust resistance
films and documentaries about Sobibor
historical research on Nazi extermination camps
victimOf Nazi persecution of Jews

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sobibor uprising
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