What the records say
- When
- 14 Oct 1943
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 51.45° N, 23.59° E
- Description
- planned escape by prisoners in October 1943 in Sobibor prison camp
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Sobibor uprising
Planned escape by prisoners in October 1943 in Sobibor prison camp
The Sobibor uprising was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was the second uprising in an extermination camp, partly successful, by Jewish prisoners against the SS forces, following the revolt in Treblinka.
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