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Escape from Sobibor Death Camp

Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers in a Nazi death camp staged a revolt and escaped in October 1943. Listen to Thomas Blatt who was one of those who made it to the end of the war.

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)

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Mon 14 Oct 2013 07:50GMT
成人快手 World Service Online

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