Jewish resistance against the Nazis
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- Jewish Resistance during Nazi Germany.
- Sobibor uprising
- Sobibor was a death camp in Poland.
- In total an estimated 170,000 to 250,000 people were murdered at Sobibor.
- On October 14 1943, prisoners in Sobibor killed 11 members of the camp's ** staff.
- Close to 300 prisoners escaped, by breaking through the barbed wire.
- At least 100 others were caught and killed during the massive manhunt conducted by the **.
- Out of the 200 escapees who were not immediately caught, only about 50 survived the war.
- Resistance was sparked by the fact that less people were being sent to the gas chambers.
- This created a rumour among the prisoners that the killing centre would soon be destroyed and all the prisoners would be murdered.
- The uprising began around 4:00 in the afternoon of October 14, 1943.
- Soon after the uprising Sobibor was dismantled including the killing facilities and all evidence of what really happened.
- Treblinka Uprising
- Treblinka was originally constructed in 1941 for the 'Final solution'.
- The camp had both a forced labour site at Treblinka I and an extermination site at Treblinka II.
- On 2 August 1943 prisoners set camp buildings on fire and attempted to rush the main gate.
- Despite facing machine guns, several hundred prisoners managed to escape the deadly camp.
- More than half were then traced and killed by the Nazis.
- Despite facing machine guns, several hundred prisoners managed to escape the deadly camp.
- The uprising brought Treblinka to an end.
- Only 67 people are known to have survived the camp.
- Irena Sendlerowa
- Irena Sendlerowa was a social worker in Warsaw.
- She directed a children's rescue group to smuggle Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.
- She provided them with false papers.
- Eventually she was found out and was put in Pawiak prison, touterd for information she gave nothing away.
- She was set for execution but her friends perswaded the Gestapo out of it.
- In the end she mannaged to smuggle nearly 2,500 children out of the ghettos.
- Sobibor uprising
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