Ep. 106 | The Sonderkommando Revolt

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On October 7, 1944, inside the walls of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a group of prisoners condemned to help carry out mass murder decided they would no longer go quietly. Known as the Sonderkommando, these men were forced to work in the crematoria—handling the bodies of victims and witnessing the full horror of the Nazi killing machine. But when they realized they were next to be executed, they made a choice: to fight back. Smuggling in explosives and risking certain death, they launched a revolt that would destroy part of the camp and kill several SS guards before being brutally crushed. It was a rebellion born out of desperation, but it became one of the most powerful acts of resistance during The Holocaust—and a story that forces us to ask what resistance really looks like in the face of unimaginable evil.

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