On October 14, 1943, the plan is set into motion. The film depicts the tension and visceral violence as prisoners use whatever tools they have—axes, knives, and bare hands—to strike back at their captors.
The momentum of the story shifts with the arrival of (Sasha), a Soviet Jewish lieutenant captured as a POW. Unlike the civilian prisoners who are paralyzed by fear and hopelessness, Pechersky possesses the military mindset and leadership needed to envision a revolt. Planning the Impossible Sobibor (2018)
The story begins with the arrival of Jewish prisoners at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. Unlike concentration camps, Sobibor is designed for immediate mass murder. Prisoners are stripped of their possessions and dignity; families are separated, and many are sent immediately to the gas chambers. The few spared for slave labor must witness and facilitate the camp’s daily atrocities under the sadistic gaze of SS officers. The Arrival of Alexander Pechersky On October 14, 1943, the plan is set into motion