Which Nazi extermination camp operated near the village of Sobibór in occupied Poland?

Sobibór extermination camp was the Nazi killing center operated near the village of Sobibór in occupied Poland.

The camp was established in 1942 as part of Operation Reinhard, the Nazi operation to murder Jews in the General Government area of occupied Poland. Deportees arrived by train from places including Poland, the Netherlands, France, and the Soviet Union. Most were killed soon after arrival in gas chambers using carbon monoxide from engines.

Sobibór was deliberately concealed from the surrounding area. The camp was divided into sections connected by a fenced path called the Himmelstrasse, or “road to heaven,” a Nazi euphemism for the route to the gas chambers.

On 14 October 1943, prisoners launched an uprising and escape. Several hundred prisoners got out, although many were later recaptured or killed. The Nazis dismantled the camp after the revolt and attempted to erase its traces. Unlike a concentration camp primarily organized for detention or forced labor, Sobibór was designed chiefly for extermination.