Sobibor (/ ˈsoʊbɪbɔːr / SOH-bi-bor; Polish: Sobibór [sɔˈbibur]; German: [ˈzoːbibɔʁ]) was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest …

Oct 2, 2020 · To carry out the mass murder of Europe's Jews, the Nazis established killing centers that used assembly-line methods of murder. Sobibor was among these facilities.

Sobibor, Nazi German extermination camp located in a forest near the village of Sobibór in the present-day Polish province of Lublin. Built in March 1942, it operated from May 1942 until October 1943, …

Sobibór was one of the three extermination camps in the German-occupied area of Eastern Poland created by the Nazis as part of Operation Reinhardt . The camp opened in the spring of 1942 and …

Dec 14, 2024 · Would you like to join our annual memorial or study trip to Sobibor? Here you will find all the information about our tours. The Sobibor Foundation aims to ensure that the memory of this …

At Sobibor, murder operations began in May 1942. The SS transported tens of thousands of Jews from many European countries to Sobibor. Most of them, however, came from Poland, Austria, Slovakia, …

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In early July 1942, Jewish chroniclers inside the Warsaw Ghetto (Emanuel Ringelblum ’s group) received news that Jews were being deported to a place called Sobibór. Rumors had it that this was …

Many people were transported to Sobibor from transit camps within the Nazi camp system; over 34,000 Jewish people were deported to Sobibor from Westerbork, The Netherlands, between March and …

Four transports of Jews from the transit camp in Drancy reached Sobibor, a total of about 4,000 people. Mostly stateless persons or those who had obtained citizenship a little earlier, including a significant …