1 real historical location · Poland
Based on the true story of the Sobibor extermination camp uprising in October 1943 — the most successful prisoner revolt in any Nazi death camp. Over 300 prisoners escaped; about 50 survived the war. A rare story of armed defiance from within the heart of the Holocaust.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Poland.
The 1987 TV film recreates the October 1943 Sobibor prisoner uprising — the only successful mass escape from a Nazi death camp, in which 300 inmates broke ou...
On 14 October 1943, led by Soviet POW Alexander Pechersky, prisoners killed 11 SS officers in coordinated attacks before making a mass break. Of 600 prisoners that day, 300 escaped the fence. About 50 survived the war...
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