From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of SurvivalWhen the Germans invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Thomas Toivi Blatt was twelve years old. He and his family lived in the largely Jewish town of Izbica in the Lublin district of Poland--the district that was to become the site of three major Nazi extermination camps: Belzec, Sobibor, and Majdanek. Blatt tells of the chilling events that led to his deportation to Sobibor, and of the six months he spent there before taking part in the now-famous uprising and mass breakout. Blatt's tale of escape, and of the five horrifying years spent eluding both the Nazis and anti-Semitic Polish nationalists, is a firsthand account of one of the more savage events of human history. |
Contents
The Beginning | 3 |
For a Lease on Life | 45 |
Sobibor Hell | 93 |
Freedom The Illusion | 155 |
Notes | 227 |
Appendix | 235 |
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