Following the Sobibor uprising, however, the Nazis razed the camp so that little more than a forest clearing remained in the remote area where SS guards and Ukrainians murdered 250,000 Jews.

(JTA) — Arkady Wajspapir, a key figure in the 1943 uprising at the Sobibor death camp, died in Kiev at the age of 96. Wajspapir killed at least one Nazi soldier during the uprising — the most ...

At the same time, he confirmed that Russia would be invited to participate in the events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Sobibor uprising. The Sobibor extermination camp operated from May ...

PBS producerdirector Gary Hochman will present a preview screening of his film Deadly Deception at Sobibor The film follows ... of a Nazi coverup of a 1943 revolt and mass escape from the WWII ...