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Interview with an Auschwitz survivor
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Interview with an Auschwitz survivor | Channel 4 News

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What are Sonderkommandos?

Members in Auschwitz known as the Sonderkommando are workers made up of German Nazi death camp prisoners. They were composed of prisoners, who were forced, to aid the Germans with the disposal of gas chamber victims during the Holocaust.

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Background Information

This event took place on the 7th of October, 1944, in Auschwitz - Birkenau, Southern Poland

The name of the Sonderkommando workers were, Jozef Deresinski, Zalman Gradowski, Jankiel Handelsman, Ajzyk Kalniak, Lajb Langfus, Zalman Lewental, Lajb Panusz and Jozef Warszawski.

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Why did they revolt?

The Sonderkommando revolted after hearing the fact that they will be killed by the Germans.

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How did they Revolt?

They revolted by having the Sonderkommando smuggle explosives from Jewish girls that work in the munitions factory which they were going to use to explode the gas chambers starting a revolution.

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What happened after?

The German soldiers working had easily put a stop to the revolt and all of the members of the Sonderkommando were killed by the germans plus 200 more after munity was suppressed. The actions made by the Sonderkommando and the Jewish girls did not have an affect on anything that was going on.

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Survivors Story

“Towards mid-day Scharfuhrer Busch, Unterscharfuhrer Gorges and several other SS men and guards arrived in the yard in front of crematorium IV. All prisoners were ordered to line up, with the exception of fourteen who were away on their various jobs and who, in any case, were not affected by the selection.Then Busch began calling out the first few numbers on the list, starting with the highest and working his way down to the lowest. Those selected for transfer were made to stand on the opposite side of the yard, those not concerned, once they had been called, were allowed to return to Crematorium.” – Filip Muller

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Sonderkommando burning corpses in an open air pit at Birkenau

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Sonderkommando burning corpses at Birkenau

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Citations

Webb Chris, “Sonderkommando Revolt - Auschwitz - Birkenau”. Holocaust Education & Archive    Research Team, 2009, http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/sonderevolt.html.  Accessed 15 February 2022

Unknown, “Prisoner Revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau”. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1942-1945/auschwitz-revolt.

Accessed 16 February 2022