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Escape from Sobibor Death Camp

Escape from Sobibor Death Camp

Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943

Witness History: World War Two history · BBC World Service

October 14, 20139m 4s

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Show Notes

Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers in a Nazi death camp staged a revolt and escaped in October 1943.

Many were caught and shot. Around 50 made it to the end of the war.

Listen to the story of Thomas Blatt, one of the survivors.

Photo: Sobibor Death Camp (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)