The Revolt At Auschwitz-Birkenau

On October 7, 1944, having learned that the SS was going to liquidate much of the squad, the members of the Sonderkommando at Crematorium IV rose in revolt. The Germans crushed the revolt. Nearly 250 prisoners died during the fighting and guards shot another 200 after the mutiny was suppressed

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It was the only organized uprising at Auschwitz

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The Revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau

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