Escape From a Nazi Death Camp

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Tuesday evening on PBS (but check your local listing)

October 14th 2013 was the 70th anniversary of an event that shook the Nazi party to its core. In east Poland, at the remote Nazi death camp of Sobibor, 300 Jewish prisoners staged a bloody break out. To mark the anniversary, this film travels back Sobibor with the last remaining survivors to reveal their extraordinary story of courage, desperation and determination. The film uses brutally honest drama-reconstruction and first hand testimony to reveal the incredible escape story. The multi-layered plot unfolds like a Hollywood blockbuster -- from the last-minute change to the escape plan forced by an unexpected arrival of a train load of SS soldiers, to the systematic luring of individual camp guards to separate locations and different, highly creative deaths, yet every terrible and inspiring moment of this story is absolutely true

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1. Thanks! Just set the DVR!

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2. Did you watch it?

It was very well done. Much more information than I have ever read about. Combining the personal narratives was very interesting. It was also interesting to see the Kapos.

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3. Yes, I did

I hesitated at first because of the "graphic" warnings. I am at a stage in my life that I am not looking for any "graphic" horror stories.

But spouse and I did and were fascinated. Yes, only 50 made it, out of 200 who escaped, but the fact that many of them are still alive - in their 80s and 90s really show the resiliency of them.

I general, whenever I am faced with the horrors of the Holocaust I am amazed how the ones who survived managed to build new life, in Israel and in the U.S. and in other countries.