REBELLION IN THE CAMPS

• Happened in 3 of the 6 camps
• Treblinka, Sobibor, and Auschwitz-Birkenau
• These rebellions were organized by the prisoners
• Most of the rebellions happened in the earlier years
• If you rebelled than you were punished

TREBLINKA

• Attempts to escape while on route to treblinka
• Also there were attempts to escape while in the camps
• They killed most of the 750 jews that tried to escape
• Most of attempts were during the night or break of dawn

SOBIBOR

• There was many attempts to escape
• Anyone that tried to escape was executed
• On October 14, 1943 the prisoners managed to kill 11 guards
• About 300 escaped but only around 50 survived through the war
• After the incident the Nazis destroyed Sobibor

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

• In October 1943 a transport of jews arrived from Bergen-Belsen
• All of the jews in the transport were selected for death
• Most of the jews in this camp were sentenced to death
• Many rebellions were formed but none of them to escape succeeded
• Some jews managed to cut through the fence but were quickly surrounded by the nazis

CULTURAL & SPIRITUAL RESISTANCE

• They remained their humanity, personal integrity, dignity, and civilization
• The Nazi terror made it difficult for resistance but not impossible
• They formed a couple armed uprisings and many unarmed ones aswell
• They still kept their culture by putting family first, and not giving up
• They still had education in the ghettos the Nazis organized many classes for the kids

REBELLION IN GHETTOS

• People would try escaping during the night
• They would aslo save food just in case they were sent somewhere
• They had resistance group meetings
• They would have the chirldren send messages to the other members

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WORKS CITED

• www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005416
• www.theholocaustexplained.org/ks3/responses-1933.../camp-rebellions/
• www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/about/07/resistance.asp
• www.iearn.org/hgp/aeti/aeti-1998-no-frames/resistance.html