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Exeptance
The prisoners had always known that they had been allowed to live only in order for them to work just to keep the death process running. -
Believeing
Individual escapes had been made but then there would be severe retaliation to the whole camp then Feldhendler knew that an escape plan should include the whole camp. -
The Punishment
Jewish prisoners were regularly punishing even already exhausted prisoners would get wiped twenty-five lashes each. -
The Insparation
Sasha wouldn’t take anything that Frenzel offered him because he knew that it made Frenzel mad. -
The Plan
Sasha and Feldhendler created 2 plans for them and the rest of the prisoners to escape -
Motivation
This quote from Sasha "partisans have their tasks, and no one can do our work for us.” motivated the prisoners of Sobibor o make a plan to escape. -
First Fail
The prisoners organized an underground unit -
The Boost
When Wagner left it gave the prisoners the morale boost. That helped them start the revolt -
The Enthusiasm
The prisoners were so excited to kill the Germans that they were at their positions waiting an hour early. -
The Attack
SS officers would be lured into storehouses. When they got inside they were attacked by the jewish prisoners and killed with axes and knives -
The Fist Death
The first SS soldier was killed with an axe followed by ten more SS men, and several Ukrainian guards. The telephone wires and electricity lines were cut. Within an hour, the camp was burning, guns were aimed at the guard towers -
The Cover
The phone lines were cut early so the escapees would have several hours of fleeing time under the cover of darkness, before backup could be notified. -
Groups
The prisoner involved in the revolt were broken up into teams of two or three people each -
Escaping
The prisoners were running to the fences. As some were trying to cut through it, others just climbed over. -
Help Survive
Some of the prisoners were firing back at the guards. -
The Mines
Ran across a minefield to try and get away. -
The Speech
Sasha stood up and a little speech that went something like this"Our day has come. Most of the Germans are dead. Let's die with honor. Remember, if anyone survives, he must tell the world what has happened here.” -
The End
An SS man yelled, "A German is dead!" Which sent the rest of the camp to the revolt. -
Spying
Several out of 50 of the men that Sasha was leading had been chosen to go with him to do some reconnaissance. -
The Run
Within four days of the escape there was only 200 remaining and they continued to flee and hide.
