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"On Auschwitz" (37): Different cases of organized resistance at Auschwitz
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In the history of Auschwitz, there were instances when prisoners tried to resist. The most famous event is the Sonderkommando revolt that took place at Auschwitz II-Birkenau on 7 October 1944. This story is told in episode 21 of our podcast.
However, there were other cases of prisoners organising resistance in order to attack SS members, or to escape. These included:
-) the revolt and escape of prisoners from the Penal Company
-) tragic events in the women's penal company
-) mass escape of Soviet prisoners of war
-) cases of desperate resistance in the dismantling room of a gas chamber.
Dr Piotr Setkiewicz, the head of the Museum Research Centre, tells the story of different cases or organized resistance at Auschwitz.
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Manage episode 378305665 series 3008770
In the history of Auschwitz, there were instances when prisoners tried to resist. The most famous event is the Sonderkommando revolt that took place at Auschwitz II-Birkenau on 7 October 1944. This story is told in episode 21 of our podcast.
However, there were other cases of prisoners organising resistance in order to attack SS members, or to escape. These included:
-) the revolt and escape of prisoners from the Penal Company
-) tragic events in the women's penal company
-) mass escape of Soviet prisoners of war
-) cases of desperate resistance in the dismantling room of a gas chamber.
Dr Piotr Setkiewicz, the head of the Museum Research Centre, tells the story of different cases or organized resistance at Auschwitz.
58 afleveringen
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