Sobibór was a The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on... Nazi Majdanek - crematorium Extermination camp (German Vernichtungslager) was the term applied to a group of camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to exterminate, such as Roma (Gypsies... extermination camp that was part of Operation Reinhard (Aktion Reinhard or Einsatz Reinhard) was the code name given to the Nazi plan to murder Polish Jews in the former General Gouvernement and the Bialystok area. The execution of Aktion Reinhard was the initial stage of the Holocaust, prior to the gassings conducted in Auschwitz. The term... Operation Reinhard. It is also the name of the village outside which the camp was built, which is now part of Lublin voivodship since 1999 Lublin Voivodship (in Polish województwo lubelskie) is an administrative and local government region or voivodship in the eastern part of Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Lublin (2), Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska... Lublin Voivodship in The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania... Poland. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Jews, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet POWs, and possibly The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. They are a traditionally nomadic people who originated in northern India but currently live worldwide, chiefly in Europe... Gypsies were transported to Sobibór by rail, and suffocated in Gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison A gas chamber is a means of execution whereby a poisonous gas is introduced into a hermetically sealed chamber. When the condemned breathes this gas, death follows. Gas chambers have been used for animal euthanasia in the past (along with vacuum chambers), but... gas chambers that were fed with the exhaust of a petrol engine. About 260,000 people were killed in Sobibór.

Sobibór was the site of the only successful rebellion by Jewish prisoners in a The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on... Nazi camp. On October 14, 1943, members of the camp's underground succeeded in covertly killing 11 of their SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... SS guards and a number of Ukrainian guards as well. Although their plan was to kill all the SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... SS and walk out the main gate of the camp, the killings were discovered and the inmates ran for their lives. Of the 600 inmates in the camp, roughly 300 made it out. Most of them were rounded up and shot in subsequent days, but about 50 prisoners managed to survive the war. The escape forced the The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on... Nazis to close the camp. They dismantled it and planted a forest at the site in an effort to hide what they had done there.

The revolt was dramatized in the 1987 TV movie " Escape from Sobibor was a made-for-TV movie which aired in 1987 about Sobibór, the site of the only successful uprising by Jewish prisoners from a Nazi extermination camp, also called a death camp. It was directed by Jack Gold. On October 14, 1943, members of the camp... Escape from Sobibor," directed by Jack Gold, based on the book of the same name written by Richard Rashke.

Other recommended reading:

• From the Ashes of Sobibor by Thomas Toivi Blatt
• Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka by Yitzak Ahrad

External links

• Description of Sobibór (http://auschwitz.dk/Sorbibor.htm)
• Internet Movie Database entry (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092978/combined) for the popular TV-movie "Escape from Sobibor" starring Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, American actor. Born in New York City, Arkin is one of only five actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance (for The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming), in 1966. Two years later, he was... Alan Arkin and Rutger Hauer (born January 23, 1944, Breukelen, the Netherlands) is an international movie star. The son of drama teachers Arend and Teunke, he grew up in Amsterdam but at age 15 ran away to the sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter. Returning home, he worked as... Rutger Hauer