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On October 7, 1944, world War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV. Kathy Acker, Philip Jackson, James Heckman would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 7, 1944
The Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt occurred on 7 October 1944, when a large group of Sonderkommando members in the crematoria area of Birkenau camp rebelled against the SS guards of the camp. The revolt was suppressed after Crematorium IV was blown up, killing three guards and 452 members of the Sonderkommando.
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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
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1944 uprising by Nazi death camp workers
The Auschwitz Sonderkommando revolt occurred on 7 October 1944, when a large group of Sonderkommando members in the crematoria area of Birkenau camp rebelled against the SS guards of the camp. The revolt was suppressed after Crematorium IV was blown up, killing three guards and 452 members of the Sonderkommando.
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