Extermination Camp Sobibor Research Papers

250,000. That’s the number of innocent Jews lives wasted and lost for no apparent reason. The extermination camp Sobibor was the cause of all these lost lives. It was the second extermination camp to be created during World War II. The camp's main way of exterminating the Jews was gas chambers. When Sobibor was first created it included three gas chambers. Later on, while the camp was under construction, the Germans added three more gas chambers in order to kill more Jews at a period of time. The main goal of Sobibor was to eliminate as many Jews as the Germans could. By doing so the Germans created some harsh tactics. In Sobibor gas chambers were the most common way to try and eliminate the Jewish population. The camp was split into three different parts; adminstration section (1), barracks and storage section (2), and finally extermination, burial, and

The most known revolt made by Sobibor prisoners was in July 1943. By the summer of 1943 transports of Jews were starting to slow down. The prisoners were starting to think that the end of Sobibor was coming quickly. In July, “prisoners organized an underground unit. It was led by Leon Feldhendler, the son of a rabbi in a nearby town...” (Sobibor Uprising) The plan was to lure SS officers into storehouses and would be told they would be given new boots and coats. Once inside, the officers would be attacked and killed with axes and knifes. Prisoners would then seize Nazi weapons, and at roll call Sobibor would be set ablaze and give a chance to the prisoners to escape. The escape was successful and about 300 prisoners escaped. But, most of them died by either being killed by the Nazi’s or running across the minefield surrounded the camp. After the revolt only about 50-60 of the 300 escapees survived. Before this big revolt, Sobibor would execute ten prisoners for every one escapee to try and prevent revolts and