Escape from Sobibor

By: Richard Rashke

Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld

Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

On October 14, 1943, 600 Jews imprisoned in Sobibor, a secret Nazi death camp in eastern Poland, revolted. They killed a dozen SS officers and guards, trampled the barbed wire fences, and raced across an open field filled with anti-tank mines. Against all odds, more than three hundred made it safely into the woods. Fifty of those men and women managed to survive the rest of the war.

In this edition of Escape from Sobibor, fully updated in 2012, Richard Rashke tells their stories, based on his interviews with 18 of the survivors. It vividly describes the biggest prisoner escape of World War II. A story of unimaginable cruelty. A story of courage and a fierce desire to live and to tell the world what truly went on behind those barbed wire fences.

©1982, 1995 Richard Rashke (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Could Not Put It Down

The complexity of the Jews struggle to live in a world where Every breath, Every look, Every word, Every step, Every decision could result in death is so poignantly presented. I felt like a fly on the wall. I read to understand the facts and to be a part of a vigilant voice that will never let the world's people forget.
Everyone should read this book, to know struggle and know survival and to do their part to love, not hate!

Intense

An incredible in depth dive into a little known WWII event. Definitely worth a listen. You won't be disappointed. Also, not sure about the negative narration reviews. I've listed to over 100 audio books and found it to be well done. This isn't a novel and it shouldn't be read with large quantities of emotion.

A well-researched story of resistance

Everyone (one would hope) knows of Auschwitz and of the horrors inflicted there, largely because there were survivors to tell the story. Less is known of the death camps - Majdanek, Belzec and Sobibor. We need to know the stories of these camps, we need to know of the brave resistance efforts and we need to share these stories with our children.

History’s tragedy

I was only aware of the holocaust, this work brings it, in all it’s horrors, to the forefront of man’s inhumanity to itself. Hard to listen to, hard not to.

the best collection of TRUE nightmares'

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Well written and engaging

I had seen the movie, but this is so much better. Well researched and the follow up on interviewing and meeting the survivors added to the book. A must read for anyone interested in the holocaust or history.

Great book about an awful period in Jewish history

What did you love best about Escape from Sobibor?

I do not usually write reviews unless the book is really good or terrable. My bad spelling is one good reason why I don't review many books as I do read those of others and I owe those people a big thank you.. it I s hard for me to call a book or story very good or great when it is about the extermination and physical and mental abuse of millions of innocent people.Both the writing and reading of the book really was interesting. It kept my attention to the point if I think I missed something I would go.back and start over. The author went around the world from south America to Russia to find people who survived the death c a np Sobibor and the massive escape attempt which some survived and did succeed in escaping. Think.what bravery. A massive escape attempt from a Nazi extermination camp. . The author interviewed most/all of the survivors who agreed to be interviewed and incorporated their stories in the book.It reads like a good novel and not at all like a like a dry academic historical book. If you have any interest in the holocaust or how individuals react and survive in condition where they can die a horrible death at any moment. Or how desperate people can reach down deep and gather the strength to say no more no more. this s is a book for you.

So many untold stories

Anti-Semitism is alive and flourishing in 2020. This book provides more evidence of the cruelty that hate brings out of humans. The descriptions of the former Soviet Union, where some of the interviews took place should also be considered by those who don't remember life under a communist society.

Very graphic and accurate

A really good historical account. This is by no means a novel from one perspective. Enjoyed the after story more, going over the authors journey with survivors to get their stories.

an absolute must read!

I loved this book. it's beautifuly read and discrptive.tells a story we should all know.