Escape From a Nazi Death Camp (2014)

Escape From a Nazi Death Camp

2014

Documentary

Synopsis

From PBS - The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th of October 1943, the inmates fought back, in the biggest and most successful prison outbreak of the Second World War. Told through the firsthand accounts of four survivors--Toivi Blatt, Phillip Bialowitz, Selma Engel-Wijnberg, and former Russian POW Semjon Rozenfeld--and using dramatic reenactments, Escape From a Nazi Death Camp recounts the true horror of life at Sobibor, and the desperation, determination, and courage of its prisoners. Of the 600 inmates present on the day of the escape, 300 escaped into the forest surrounding Sobibor. Of that 300, many were shot, turned in, murdered, or captured by Nazis. Around 50 survived the war and of that 50, only a handful are still alive. Now in their 80s and 90s, this is their last chance to reveal, in their own words, the true story of the day they escaped certain death to freedom.

Credits

Director

Hereward Pelling

Cast

Andreas Beckett as Alexander Pechersky

Bart Stanislawek as Toivi Blatt

Eric Meyers as narrator

Georg Nikoloff as Leon Feldhendler

Martin Longstaff as Philip Bialowitz

Peter Clements as Chaim Engel

Richard Gumm

Simon Werner