Sobibor was an extermination camp located in Poland, a place over 250,000 inmates were murdered in the gas chambers, died from physical labor, and while over 200 died during the revolt, about 50 survived to the end of the war. In Sobibor there was many gas chambers, liberation areas, labor camps. Sobibor had a revolt that left hundreds dead after going through the camp itself. Sobibor was the smallest out of many camps, also the least known.
Sobibor was created in March 1942. The camp was 400 meters by 600 meters. The gas chambers were where most of the prisoners were liberated. The gas chambers were 16 feet by 23 feet, the chambers were surrounded by barbed wire. 70 to 100 people could be liberated at one time. 250,000 prisoners died …show more content…
Leon Feldhendler came up with the idea if a few prisoners could escape on their own, then why not get the whole camp to escape, that way no one could be punished after, like whenever a single person escapes. Feldhendler convinced almost the whole camp to join the revolt. The plan was to lure the SS officers into storage houses, tricking them into thinking they were getting new supplies, then with axes and knives the prisoners would kill them and take their weapons. Once the officers would killed the prisoners doing that job would send a signal to the rest of the camp. At 4 o’clock pm on October 14, 1943, the first SS officer was murdered and the plan was real. After the first officer was killed ten more were killed. After the officers were killed the prisoners aimed their guns at the guard towers. Within an hour of the revolt starting, the camp was on fire. While a group of prisoners aimed their guns at the guard towers, the first group of prisoners escaped into the woods. Most died from crossing the minefields, or being shot at by the SS officers. By nightfall, three hundred prisoners escaped. Almost all of them got recaptured by the SS officers. Only fifty out of the three hundred survived the