Title: Sobibor : a history of a Nazi death camp /
Authors: Schelvis, Jules.; Moore, Bob, 1954-; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Publisher: Berg,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Schelvis, Jules.; Sobibór (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Netherlands Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945 Jewish resistance Poland Sobibór.; Jews Netherlands Biography.
Abstract: "Auschwitz. Treblinka. The very names of these Nazi camps evoke unspeakable cruelty. Sobibor is less well known, and this book discloses the horrors perpetrated there." "Sent in June 1943 to Sobibor, where his wife and family were murdered, Jules Schelvis has written the first book-length, fully documented account of the camp. He details the creation of the killing centre, its personnel, the use of railways, selections, forced labour, gas chambers, escape attempts and the historic uprising." "In documenting this part of Holocaust history, this well-researched account advances our knowledge and understanding of the Nazi attempt to annihilate the European Jews."--Jacket.
Contents: Prelude to the 'final solution' -- Construction and staffing -- The trains -- Arrival and selection -- The Arbeitshäftlinge -- The gas chambers -- Dorohucza and Lublin -- Escape attempts -- The revolt -- After the revolt -- Transports, deportees and death counts -- Sobibór survivors -- The perpertrators.