Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt

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The Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt was an October 1944 uprising by Jewish prisoners forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau, who sabotaged a crematorium and attacked SS guards in a desperate act of resistance against the Nazis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf act of resistance during the Holocaust
prisoner revolt
uprising
cause imminent liquidation of Sonderkommando prisoners
characterizedAs desperate act of resistance
commemoratedAs symbol of resistance in Auschwitz
conflictType prisoner uprising in extermination camp
country Nazi Germany
date 7 October 1944
documentedIn postwar war crimes trials
survivor testimonies
followedBy execution of women involved in smuggling explosives
tightening of security in Auschwitz-Birkenau
goal to destroy crematoria and gas chambers
to resist Nazi extermination policies
hasLanguageOfPrimarySources German
Polish
Yiddish
historicalContext Final Solution
historicalPeriod World War II
location Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
notableFor armed resistance inside an extermination camp
sabotage of a crematorium
opposedBy SS guards
camp authorities of Auschwitz-Birkenau
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau
participants Sonderkommando of Crematorium II
linked to: Sonderkommando

Sonderkommando of Crematorium IV
linked to: Sonderkommando
partOf Holocaust
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
perpetratedBy Jewish Sonderkommando prisoners
plannedBy Sonderkommando prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau
precededBy planning and clandestine organization among prisoners
relatedTo Auschwitz concentration camp
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

Nazi war crimes
Sonderkommando
result execution of many participating prisoners
partial destruction of Crematorium IV
severe German reprisals
supportedBy Jewish women prisoners who smuggled gunpowder
target Crematorium IV at Auschwitz-Birkenau
linked to: AuschwitzBirkenau

SS guards at Auschwitz-Birkenau
used axes
homemade explosives
improvised weapons
smuggled gunpowder
stones
victims Jewish prisoners
year 1944

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Jewish underground organizations contributedTo Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt
The Grey Zone portrays October 1944 Sonderkommando uprising at Auschwitz
linked to: Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt
Jewish resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau organized October 1944 Sonderkommando uprising
linked to: Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt
Jewish resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau notableEvent Sonderkommando revolt of 7 October 1944
linked to: Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt
Jewish resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau planned Sonderkommando revolt of 7 October 1944
linked to: Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt