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The extermination- camp Sobibor was built in Mars 1942, in a wood in East-Poland near the river Bug. The camp was divided into three parts: l. administrationarea with houses for both officers and guards and barracks for the prisoners used as workforce. ll. A receptionarea with the platform were the prisoners arrived by train, the barracks were the prisoners were forced to undress and the barracks were the prisonerÕs personnel belongings were kept. lll. A kilingarea with gas chambers mass graves and also here barracks for the workforce. In addition to the tall rectangular fence, a 50 feet broad minefield surrounded the camp. The camp was originally assigned to ObersturmfŸhrer Richard Tomella, but in April was he replaced with ObersturmfŸhrer Franz Stangl who was assisted by Christian Wirth. In August HauptsturmfŸhrer Franz Reichleitner was given the responsibility for the camp, while Stangl was transferred to Treblinka. The 14th October 1943 about 300 Jewish prisoners carried out a well-planed rebellion where several of SS supervisors and Ukrainian guards were killed. It is not certain how many managed to escape, but all those who stayed behind was shot the next day. After the rebellion it was soon given orders to destroy all the buildings that were used in the mass-murders and then plant trees over. The camp was up and running from May 1942 to October 1943. In the camp it was five gas chambers that killed about 250000 Jews Only about 50 prisoners survived their stay in Sobibor.
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