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In the beginning of the movie, hundreds of Jews would arrive to the camp by train. Though Sobibor was a death camp, newcomers were told it was strictly a labor camp. The men and women were divided in two groups. Women and children on one side and men fifteen and older on the other.
The SS officers then asked for all the seamstresses and shoemakers to step out of line. The rest of the people were told they would be taken to have a hot shower and get their clothes sterilized. However, they were taken to a gas chamber where they were
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The main theme of the movie was survival, every man for himself. Those who made shoes and were professional seamstresses were taken into the camp and made clothes and shoes for the officers. Another time, thirteen men tried to escape while working outside the camp. All the workers had to watch and could not blink or turn away. If killing the officers meant that they would have a chance to survive, they were willing to kill. Some Jews came up with a plan to escape from Sobibor. If they were caught, the mother and child would both be killed. They were far from cities so that the truth about the camps would remain secret. The end of the war led to the end of concentration camps and the release of Jewish prisoners. Others cut down the wired fences and broke through the gates.
In the end, over six million Jews and prisoners of war were killed in concentration camps. That afternoon the prisoners ran out of the front gate. They were all so angry over the loss of their families and friends.
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