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Escape From a Nazi Death Camp

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From PBS - The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th of October 1943, the inmates fought back, in the biggest and most successful prison outbreak of the Second World War. Told through the firsthand accounts of four survivors--Toivi Blatt, Phillip Bialowitz, Selma Engel-Wijnberg, and former Russian POW Semjon Rozenfeld--and using dramatic reenactments, Escape From a Nazi Death Camp recounts the true horror of life at Sobibor, and the desperation, determination, and courage of its prisoners. Of the 600 inmates present on the day of the escape, 300 escaped into the forest surrounding Sobibor. Of that 300, many were shot, turned in, murdered, or captured by Nazis. Around 50 survived the war and of that 50, only a handful are still alive. Now in their 80s and 90s, this is their last chance to reveal, in their own words, the true story of the day they escaped certain death to freedom.

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Hereward Pelling
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Eric Meyers
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Andreas Beckett
Alexander Pechersky
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Georg Nikoloff
Leon Feldhendler
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Peter Clements
Chaim Engel
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Susanna Herbert
Selma Engel
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Bart Stanislawek
Toivi Blatt
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William Ludwig
SS Officer Frenzel
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Martin Longstaff
Philip Bialowitz