Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp
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"Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp" is a historical study that reconstructs the operation, atrocities, and prisoner experiences of the Sobibor extermination camp during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2418654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp Context triple: [Jules Schelvis, wrote, Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp]
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A.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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B.
Experiences in a Concentration Camp
"Experiences in a Concentration Camp" is the autobiographical first part of Viktor Frankl’s *Man’s Search for Meaning*, recounting his time in Nazi concentration camps and the psychological insights he drew from that suffering.
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C.
Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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D.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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E.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp Target entity description: "Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp" is a historical study that reconstructs the operation, atrocities, and prisoner experiences of the Sobibor extermination camp during the Holocaust.
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A.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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B.
Experiences in a Concentration Camp
"Experiences in a Concentration Camp" is the autobiographical first part of Viktor Frankl’s *Man’s Search for Meaning*, recounting his time in Nazi concentration camps and the psychological insights he drew from that suffering.
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C.
Birkenau cycle
The Birkenau cycle is a series of abstract paintings by Gerhard Richter that grapple with the memory and representation of the Holocaust, based on blurred and overpainted photographs from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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D.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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E.
Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales is a renowned collection of short stories by Varlam Shalamov that depicts the brutal realities of life and survival in the Soviet Gulag system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
German occupation authorities
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Holocaust denial refutation ⓘ Holocaust historiography ⓘ Holocaust in Poland ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust in occupied Poland
Jewish victims of the Holocaust ⓘ Nazi camp administration ⓘ Nazi camp liquidation ⓘ Nazi extermination policy ⓘ Nazi ideology ⓘ Nazi occupation of Poland ⓘ Nazi war crimes ⓘ Operation Reinhard ⓘ SS personnel ⓘ atrocities committed at Sobibor ⓘ camp guards at Sobibor ⓘ camp structure and layout ⓘ crimes against humanity ⓘ daily life in extermination camps ⓘ deportation of Jews ⓘ documentation of Nazi crimes ⓘ evidence of mass murder ⓘ forced labor in extermination camps ⓘ gas chambers at Sobibor ⓘ genocide ⓘ mass murder of Jews ⓘ memory of the Holocaust ⓘ operation of Sobibor extermination camp ⓘ postwar investigations of Nazi crimes ⓘ prisoner experiences at Sobibor ⓘ railway networks used in the Holocaust ⓘ resistance in Nazi camps ⓘ role of collaborators in extermination camps ⓘ survivor testimonies ⓘ transport of victims to Sobibor ⓘ victim identification and numbers ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
Holocaust studies
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World War II history ⓘ military history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holocaust
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Nazi death camps ⓘ Sobibor ⓘ
surface form:
Sobibor extermination camp
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp Description of subject: "Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp" is a historical study that reconstructs the operation, atrocities, and prisoner experiences of the Sobibor extermination camp during the Holocaust.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jules Schelvis