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