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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| instanceOf |
Holocaust resistance fighter
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Jewish partisan → Red Army officer → Soviet military officer → human → |
| aimOfActivity |
mass escape of prisoners from Sobibor
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| causeOfNotability |
one of the most significant acts of armed resistance in a Nazi extermination camp
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| commemoratedIn |
memorials and literature about the Sobibor uprising
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| conflict |
Eastern Front of World War II
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Soviet Union
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| describedBySource |
Holocaust historiography
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accounts of the Sobibor uprising → |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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| familyName |
Pechersky
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| givenName |
Alexander
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| hasHonor |
posthumous recognition as a hero of the Sobibor uprising
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| hasInfluenceOn |
memory of Jewish armed resistance in the Holocaust
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| hasQuality |
courage
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leadership → organizational skill → |
| hasRole |
prisoner-of-war
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uprising leader → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Russian
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| militaryBranch |
Red Army
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| militaryRank |
officer
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| movement |
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
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Soviet partisan movement → |
| nativeLanguage |
Russian
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| notableEvent |
leading coordinated killing of SS officers and guards at Sobibor
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| notableFor |
leadership of the 1943 Sobibor extermination camp uprising
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| notableWork |
planning and organizing the Sobibor revolt
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| occupation |
military officer
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| opposedBy |
Nazi Germany
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| opposedTo |
Holocaust
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| participatedIn |
Sobibor extermination camp uprising
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World War II → |
| placeOfImprisonment |
Nazi prisoner-of-war camps
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Sobibor extermination camp → |
| religion |
Judaism
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| significantEvent |
capture by German forces during World War II
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deportation to Sobibor extermination camp → escape from Sobibor during the uprising → joining Soviet partisans after escape from Sobibor → |
| subjectOf |
books on Holocaust resistance
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films and documentaries about Sobibor → historical research on Nazi extermination camps → |
| victimOf |
Nazi persecution of Jews
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Sobibor uprising
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organizedBy |