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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

Sobibor

Interview
Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy and perpetrator psychology
Sweater that Chana Zumerkorn from Lodz gave to her brother Joseph when they parted during the Holocaust (Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection, Gift of Joseph Zumerkorn, 11735)
April 23, 2025, 7:59 am
Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’
Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy and perpetrator psychology
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Identity paper of John Demjanjuk, the wartime Nazi camp guard. (Justice Ministry)
June 11, 2023, 4:35 pm
US presents Israel with original documents from trial of John Demjanjuk
Papers, which include Nazi wartime camp guard’s SS membership card, were used in proceedings against him in Israel, the US, and Germany
By ToI Staff
Filmmaker Gary Hochman at the Sobibor excavations in Poland (courtesy)
May 16, 2023, 3:44 am
At Sobibor, a filmmaker unearths Nazi Germany’s attempts to cover up its crimes
Producer Gary Hochman’s ‘Deadly Deception at Sobibor’ depicts how gas chamber ruins and 70,000 artifacts were found at the death camp where approximately 250,000 Jews were murdered
By Matt Lebovic
A pendant discovered in the building where victims would undress before being taken to the gas chambers in Sobibor, reading, 'To the faithful king, Hear O Israel, our God is One. Blessed be the name of the glorious king forever and ever.' (Yoram Haimi)
January 27, 2022, 11:31 am
‘Shema Yisrael’ pendants uncovered in Sobibor death camp in Poland
Researchers say one of the amulets was discovered in a building where victims would undress before being led to the gas chambers
By ToI Staff
Jewish and Christian clergy stand together for prayers for the souls of some 60 Jews murdered by the occupying Nazi German forces during a ceremony marking a memorial to the victims in Wojslawice, Poland, October 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
October 20, 2021, 3:13 am
Not forgotten: Mass graves of Jewish Holocaust victims dedicated in Poland
New technology and old memories help to find and secure burial sites of Jews shot and buried by German forces in fields and forests across the country
By Vanessa Gera
A name tag of a child found during excavations at Sobibor death camp in Poland. (Courtesy)
From the WebJanuary 27, 2021, 6:23 am
Remember Lea, Deddie, Annie and David – children’s ID tags found at Sobibor
Jewish News: Archaeologists moved to tears during excavation when they uncover details about four youngsters in infamous camp in Poland
Personal belongings of the victims of Sobibor displayed at the museum, October 2020 (courtesy: State Museum at Majdanek)
January 1, 2021, 11:48 pm
In Poland, new Sobibor museum memorializes victims through unearthed belongings
Personal items discovered during pre-construction ‘rescue’ excavations recall lives of 180,000 Jews murdered at former Nazi death camp
By Matt Lebovic
Taken from a perimeter guard tower in 1943, part of the Nazi death camp Sobibor is seen, including the buildings of the officers' camp and 'Camp I' for Jewish prisoners (USHMM Sobibor Perpetrator Collection)
February 3, 2020, 9:55 am
Sobibor photo album remaps Nazi death camp famous for 1943 prisoner revolt
‘It’s hard to overstate the importance of this collection,’ says historian, as new images from Nazi SS officer’s personal album clarify findings of archeological excavations
By Matt Lebovic
Historican Martin Cueppers points at a man, presumably former security guard John Demjanjuk, at the Nazi death camp Sobibor during a news conference of newly discovered photos from the Sobibor camp in Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 28, 2020, 7:14 pm
Berlin museum unveils photos possibly featuring Demjanjuk at Sobibor death camp
Historians say rare photos of camp — only 2 were previously known — appear to show American tried in Germany for allegedly being a guard there
By Kerstin Sopke and Geir Moulson
John Demjanjuk in a Munich courtroom, March 2012. (AP/Matthias Schrader)
January 20, 2020, 5:30 am
Photos surface showing convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk at Sobibor camp
Demjanjuk denied ever having been a guard at Sobibor; pictures from estate of camp deputy commandant Johann Niemann will be made public on January 28
By JTA and ToI Staff
The former Nazi death camp Sobibor, in eastern Poland, where more than 200,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. A long-anticipated museum and visitor center is under construction, September 30, 2017 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
June 3, 2019, 11:50 pm
With death of last Sobibor survivor, experts feud over site’s transformation
After passing of Sobibor revolt participant Semyon Rosenfeld on Monday, there will be no survivors to witness completion of the former Nazi death camp’s makeover next year
By Matt Lebovic
Near 'the ramp' at the former Nazi death camp Sobibor, in Poland, September 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
June 3, 2019, 1:46 pm
Last survivor of Sobibor death camp uprising dies, aged 97
Semyon Rosenfeld took part in famous revolt, in which Jewish prisoners turned on their Nazi guards; later moved to Israel
By Stuart Winer
Holocaust denying writer and historian David Irving (AP/Alik Keplicz/File)
March 24, 2019, 1:33 pm
Poland says Holocaust denier David Irving ‘not welcome’ on death camp tour
After Israeli appeal, Warsaw says it won’t allow British conspiracy theorist to ‘present his opinions’ during planned visit
By ToI Staff
Holocaust denying writer and historian David Irving (AP/Alik Keplicz/File)
March 20, 2019, 12:36 pm
Israel urges Poland to deny entry to British Holocaust denier David Irving
Minister Naftali Bennett says Irving will offend survivors and stoke anti-Semitism if he is allowed to lead tour of Nazi death camps in September
By ToI Staff
Holocaust denying writer and historian David Irving (AP/Alik Keplicz/File)
March 19, 2019, 9:06 am
British Holocaust denier David Irving to lead Nazi death camp tour
Publicity for the $3,650 trip calls the camps ‘controversial’ and describes Irving as a ‘Hitler expert’
By Marcy Oster
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