Sonderkommando Revolt – Auschwitz – Birkenau7 October 1944- Cook Douthitt 3/4 by JOHN DOUTHITT

Video on the Sonderkommando Revolt

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Who?

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The Sonderkommando were Jewish prisoners

What were they doing?

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The prisoners were forced to do labor in death camps. Working in areas such as the gas chambers and crematoria.

When did this event take place?

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This event known as the Sonderkommando Revolt-Auschwitz-Birkenau took place on October 7 1944.

Where was this happening?

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This was happening in Nazi death camps in Germany

The Act of Resistance: Notes

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Many workers in the gas chambers and crematorias were documenting all the deaths happening.

The Acts of Resistance: Details

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Not being able to stop murders of friends and family the Sonderkommando members. They tried to give relatives a respected burials instead of having remains dumped in the rivers.

Describe the impacts

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The only group that survived unharmed were the men in Crematorium lll. The prisoners locked doors to survive and prevent the break ins. They also had the tasks of cremating all of their fallen partners.

Survival

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According to the passage,”only 105 Sonderkommando members remained. Of these, 35 were assigned to work at Crematorium V, the only gas chamber and crematorium left in operation. The remaining 70 members were forced to dismantle the crematoria that were still standing and remove evidence of war crimes at the camp.”