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Bookmark or Share- Sobibor extermination camp - WikipediaSobibor (/ ˈ s oʊ b ɪ b ɔːr / SOH-bi-bor; Polish: Sobibór) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland.
- Sobibor | Holocaust EncyclopediaFrom April 1942 until mid-October 1943, the German SS and their auxiliaries killed at least 167,000 people at Sobibor. For the killing operations at Sobibor and the other Operation Reinhard camps, the SS drew upon staff and experience gained in the mass murder of patients with disabilities in the "euthanasia" (T4) program in Germany.
- Holocaust: SS officer's photos reveal Sobibor death camp - BBCPreviously unseen photos from the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland have been unveiled, including two purported to show notorious guard John Demjanjuk. The Ukrainian was jailed in...
- Sobibor Uprising | Holocaust EncyclopediaSobibor was one of the killing centers Nazi Germany established for the sole purpose of murdering Jews. German SS and police authorities constructed Sobibor in the spring of 1942.
- Sobibor uprising - WikipediaThe Sobibor uprising was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was the second uprising in an extermination camp, partly successful, by Jewish prisoners against the SS forces, following the revolt in Treblinka .
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