http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/concentration-camps Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:39:07 -0400 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:39:07 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/285/the-sobibor-revolt-death-to-the-fascists By Ryan A. Piccirillo - “We knew our fate […] we were in an extermination camp and death was our destiny. […] Only desperate actions could shorten our suffering and maybe afford us a chance of escape. […] the will to resist had grown and ripened” (Blatt 139).The prisoners at Sobibor knew that escape was the only hope for survival. Past escape attempts were met with bloody Nazi retaliation, a deterrent which successfully frightened prisoners into submission. However, an underground movement, led by a Polish Jew named Leon Feldhendler, began plotting a final revolt and escape despite the... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/285/the-sobibor-revolt-death-to-the-fascists