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Describes gassing operations in the Sobibor extermination camp
Describes gassing operations in the Sobibor extermination camp
Tomasz (Toivi) Blatt
Describes gassing operations in the Sobibor extermination camp [1990 interview]

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I am sure when they were in the gas chambers, they didn't
believe it. When the first gas did come in, probably they
didn't...underst...stood what's happened to them. After I finished
cutting the hair, they told us to go out, and, uh, while still
on the way back to my...to the camp where our barracks were I heard
already the motor, the gas motor working with a high...You know
from the gas motor, the scream. They started...they started very
loud like "Ahhh....," very loud, even louder than the motor. They
had a big motor there. Later about 15 minutes down...down and until
quiet was. This was Sobibor.
Born Izbica, Poland
1927

Tomasz was born to a Jewish family in Izbica. After the war began in September 1939, the Germans established a ghetto in Izbica. Tomasz's work in a garage initially protected him from roundups in the ghetto. In 1942 he tried to escape to Hungary, using false papers. He was caught but managed to return to Izbica. In April 1943 he and his family were deported to Sobibor. Tomasz escaped during the Sobibor uprising. He went into hiding and worked as a courier in the Polish underground.
 
 
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