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The body of Lt. Aleksander Pechersky lies in an open coffin during his funeral.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 10626
The body of Lt. Aleksander Pechersky lies in an open coffin during his funeral.

The body of Lt. Aleksander Pechersky lies in an open coffin during his funeral.

Date
Circa 1990
Locale
Rostov, [Russia] USSR
Variant Locale
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-na-Donu
Photo Designation
KILLING CENTERS -- Sobibor
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Miles & Chris Laks Lerman

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Biography
Lt. Aleksander Pechersky was a Soviet Jewish POW brought to Sobibor in September 1943. He was put in command of the underground shortly after his arrival, with Leon Leib Felhendler as his deputy. On October 14, 1943 the uprising broke out in the camp. Eleven SS men and several Ukrainian guards were killed during the revolt, and about three hundred prisoners escaped, but most were killed. At the end of the war, about fifty Jews survived of those who escaped during the uprising.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Miles & Chris Laks Lerman
Source Record ID: Collections: 1999.87
 
Record last modified: 2015-06-03 00:00:00
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