Escape From Sobibor Movie Review - 1286 Words

Escape from Sobibor was a movie created in 1987 based on a true story. The movie is based in 1942-1943 and tells the story of how the biggest and most successful revolt came about. Sobibor is a death camp running during World War 2. Esther Raab, a Sobibor Holocaust survivor explained Sobibor as, â€Å"You see our ca- the other camps were half slave labor, and half death camp. There was no such thing as slave labor camp†¦. Sobibor was just a death camp† (Holocaustresearchproject.org, Esther Raab). To my surprise, the movie was extremely similar to the actual events that took place in the Sobibor revolt. The movie was based on real survivors and real prisoners of war. During the first 15 minutes of the movie were are new transports arriving at Sobibor death camp. There are many many people stuffed inside of these train cars with no food or water for days on end. Upon arriving at the concentration camp other prisoners help the new arrivers off the train cars and tell them th ey can pick up their luggage once they enter the camp. They are than split up by men and women, elders and children. If we knew a trade you were asked then to step forward, whether it be a seamstress, shoemaker, goldsmith. All other people who could not work would be sent to another location to take showers, which later we find out they were murdered from the gas. In the movie, they made getting off the train cars a very calm scene, when in reality people were being whipped and beaten the moment they got off.