Sobibor Concentration camp
Emily Schnider: Important Places in the Holocaust
Background
Franz Stangl
· 1 Franz Stangl was born in Australia on April 28, 1942. He died on June 28,1971.
· 2 Franz Stangl was the first Lieutenant at the Sobibor concentration camp.
· 3 He went to Syria after Germany was defeated.
Sobibor death camp
· 1 The Sobibor death camp was one of the Nazis’ best kept secrets.
· 2 Sobibor was the second of three death camps.
· 3 Aktion Reinhard built the Sobibor death camp.
Sobibor soldiers
· 1 The camps’ staff had 20 men and 100 Ukranian guards.
· 2 About 250,000 Jews died between April 1942 and October 1943.
· 3 To protect themselves, the jews would stab the workers.