Escaping from Sobibor

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This paper looks at the conditions in the Sobibor death camp which was part of the Nazi death machine. It discusses how the conditions might have assisted in the successful escape attempt which occurred in the summer of 1943. An description in the from of a timeline account of the event is included.

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"The Sobibor death camp was one of the Nazis' best kept secrets. When Toivi Blatt, one of the very few survivors of the camp, approached a "well-known survivor of Auschitz," with a manuscript he had written about his experiences, he was told, "You have a tremendous imagination. I've never heard of Sobibor and especially not of Jews revolting there." The secrecy of the Sobibor death camp was too successful, its victims and survivors were being disbelieved and forgotten.
The Sobibor death camp did exist and a revolt by the Jewish workers did occur. Within this death camp, in operation for only eighteen months, at least 250,000 men, women, and children were murdered. Only 48 Sobibor prisoners survived the war."

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