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Once the fleeing sonderkommandos were caught and killed the nazis rounded up everyone they thought had been a part of the plan and executed them, this included almost all of the leaders and the munition factory workers. Despite the sonderkommandos efforts most of them were killed alongside the many other victims of the holocaust.

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In 1944 a group of sonderkommandos led by 12 ringleaders planned to escape from the camp. The leaders were able to contact a few workers at the nearby munitions factory, they smuggled small amounts of explosives to the group. They used the element of surprise to begin their revolt against their captors, they used their explosives to escape the camp into the nearby woods. While fleeing the germans they took shelter in an abandoned building, unfortunately the germans were quick and caught up to them while they were resting.

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Sonderkommandos were jewish prisoners who were forced to transport and cremate the remains of fellow prisoners. Because the nazis wanted to keep the extermination of jews a secret most sonderkommandos were killed shortly after arriving at a camp so they could not spread the truth to others.

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A group of sonderkommandos burn bodies in a pit.

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Dario Gabbai, one of the few surviving sonderkommandos.

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A sonderkommando prepares to cremate a body.

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An illustration of the gruesome work of the sonderkommandos.

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One of the crematoriums where sonderkommandos cremated bodies.

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Auschwitz II Birkenau Sonderkommando Testimony Clips

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Dario Gabbai of “The Last Days” Film | Genocide Awareness Month | USC Shoah Foundation

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A Day In The Worst Nazi Concentration Camp | Auschwitz–Birkenau