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Sobibor Extermination Camp
The Sobibor extermination camp was the second killing center established as part of Operation Reinhard. This operation was the organized killing of all the Jews in German-occupied Poland. Sobibor, along with Belzec and Treblinka, systematically killed thousands of Jews in a horrifying process. Jews were brought to Sobibor by train, forced to undress, and then marched through a tunnel, called “the tube,” to the gas chambers labeled as showers. Only a few Jews survived Sobibor, many being used as forced laborers to clean up after the executions. In October 1943, prisoners, sensing a slowing of operations, staged an uprising where more than 100 prisoners escaped. Sobibor was closed at the end of 1943 when Operation Reinhard ended after 1.7 million Jews had been killed.
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Court Rules Demjanjuk Trial Can...
A German court has ruled that John Demjanjuk can be tried on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at the Sobibor death camp, and that the trial likely will start in early November 2009.
added by chris 02 Oct 2009
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