Which Jewish resistance fighter led the uprising at the Sobibór extermination camp in 1943?

Alexander Pechersky led the Jewish prisoner uprising at the Sobibór extermination camp in 1943.

Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish prisoner of war who was deported to Sobibór in September 1943. After arriving, he joined a secret resistance group formed by prisoners. The group developed a plan to kill selected SS personnel and escape through the camp’s main area rather than rely on a mass revolt from inside the gas chambers.

The uprising began on 14 October 1943. Prisoners killed several German and auxiliary guards, cut telephone lines, and attempted to flee. Roughly 300 prisoners escaped the camp, although many were later recaptured or killed. About 50 escapees survived the war.

The revolt forced the Nazis to close and dismantle Sobibór. The camp had been created as part of Operation Reinhard, and hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered there. Pechersky later served in the Soviet military and became an important witness to the uprising.