A group of prisoners from crematorium II (approximately 80) cut through the barbed wire fences enclosing of the crematorium as well as the adjacent women’s camp and fled in a southerly direction. SS units gave chase and caught up with them some 1.5 km from the crematorium. 2/5

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 Some 250 Jewish prisoners were killed during the revolt, including resistance leaders and organizers of the revolt, including Załmen Gradowski (in the picture) and Józef Deresiński. The SS lost three men killed and more than ten wounded. 3/5

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 As an immediate result of the repressions after the revolt 200 Sonderkommando prisoners were killed. Four Jewish female prisoners who had smuggled gunpowder from Union-Were munition factory to the Sonderkommando prisoners were later hanged in a public execution. 4/5 

 The history of the Sonderkommando in #Auschwitz is presented in our online lesson: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_10_sonder/

You can learn details of the history of the revolt from our podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-21-The-Revolt-of-Sonderkommando-Prisoners-e1k3c4s

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