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Sonderkommando

A Polish-French Jew, David Olère, painted Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp scenes after surviving the horrors there, including this self-portrait (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum)
November 27, 2022, 11:31 am
Myths about Auschwitz Jewish ‘Sonderkommando,’ failed rebellion busted in new study
Book from Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is Polish historian Igor Bartosik’s ‘promise kept’ to survivor Henryk Mandelbaum, who was forced to work in gas chambers and crematoria
By Matt Lebovic
Steve Buscemi and David Arquette in 'The Grey Zone' (Screenshot via Lionsgate Entertainment; Photo illustration by Grace Yagel via JTA)
September 12, 2021, 3:41 pm
Revisiting ‘The Grey Zone’: The barely-seen Holocaust movie that debuted on 9/11
Roger Ebert put film about the true story of the rebellion at Birkenau by the Sonderkommando on his list of great movies, but its success was doomed by its release date
By Rich Brownstein
A drawing by David Olere (YouTube)
October 31, 2018, 9:48 am
Auschwitz exhibits Jewish ex-prisoner’s depictions of the camp
David Olere’s paintings recall his experiences as member of the Sonderkommando, a unit that assisted in the operation of the crematoria and gas chambers
By Damien Simonart
In Berlin, Germany, the memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, November 2012 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
September 29, 2016, 11:57 pm
Targeting students, Holocaust deniers up their game online
As disputers of the Shoah attract new adherents, historians such as ‘Denial’ protagonist Deborah Lipstadt warn against implementing European-style laws
By Matt Lebovic
Géza Röhrig plays a Sonderkommando in his anguished performance in 'Son of Saul.' (courtesy)
March 3, 2016, 3:05 am
‘They wanted to bear witness,’ says Holocaust historian who uncovered ‘Son of Saul’ story
Israeli academic Gideon Greif spent 13 years writing about the surviving Sonderkommandos, then shared his findings with director László Nemes
By Jessica Steinberg
A scene from the film 'Son of Saul' (Cannes Film Festival)
February 4, 2016, 2:50 am
Why a Holocaust restitution group funded this Oscar-nominated film
For the Claims Conference, helping to bankroll ‘Son of Saul’ was a prescient gamble
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Géza Röhrig's stunning performance in 'Son of Saul' has him in the running for a Golden Globe Award on Sunday, January 10, 2015. (courtesy)
January 10, 2016, 2:22 pm
Who is the punk-rock-poet-actor behind the pathos of ‘Son of Saul’?
Nearly 30 years after his first life-changing visit to Auschwitz, Géza Röhrig returns to the crematoria in a ground-breaking Golden Globe-nominated film
By Lisa Klug
Jewish Hungarian-born director László Nemes on the set of 'Son of Saul.' (courtesy)
December 18, 2015, 12:37 pm
In devastating ‘Son of Saul,’ Jewish director goes where few others dare
Busting open the genre of Holocaust film, László Nemes’s first feature is a shattering immersive experience through the eyes of a Sonderkommando
By Lisa Klug
A scene from the film 'Son of Saul' (Cannes Film Festival)
December 16, 2015, 8:50 am
Plunging into hell of Auschwitz, ‘Son of Saul’ confounds
Academy Award nominee film haunts and provokes with its stark portrait of a Jewish Sonderkommando on a mission to bury his son
By Jake Coyle
A scene from 'Son of Saul' (YouTube screen capture)
December 14, 2015, 4:35 am
Holocaust film ‘Son of Saul’ up for Golden Globe
Hungarian movie about a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz trying to bury his dead son is an early favorite for award
By JTA
A scene from the film 'Son of Saul' (Cannes Film Festival)
May 21, 2015, 4:22 pm
Shocking ‘Son of Saul’ is a Holocaust movie masterpiece
Cannes’ best film brings us back inside the extermination camps with a shock to the system, though not in the way we’ve come to expect from this genre
By Jordan Hoffman
Archaeologist Yoram Haimi talking to young people from the Dror School in Israel about his findings at the site of the former German Nazi death camp of Sobibor, in eastern Poland, on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
June 9, 2013, 5:27 pm
Underground tunnel discovered at Sobibor
Subterranean passage, unearthed by Polish and Israeli archaeologists, may have been dug by prisoners at former death camp
Poland provided the most visitors to Auschwitz last year, followed by the UK, US, Italy and Germany. (Serge Attal/Flash 90)
October 2, 2012, 9:29 pm
Auschwitz Sonderkommando Shlomo Venezia dies at 88
Greek-born prisoner wrote about his survival transporting corpses from gas chambers to crematorium
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