The boldest escape of World War II: 420 men escaped, grabbed machine guns and confronted each other, killing all German officers
Speaking of jailbreak, many people have seen a lot of film and television works and have a certain understanding of it. Among them, Jewish escapes from prison are the least frequent. In everyone's opinion, this is also the most docile group of people. However, during World War II, one of the most daring escapes took place, with 420 people escaping, almost all Jews, snatching machine guns and engaging them head-on, killing almost all of the German officers in the camp.
The camp was the Sobiburg extermination camp, where as many as 250,000 Jews died. The camp also has more than 100 guards. All hardcover German soldiers, plus more than 10 senior commanders. Their hands were stained with Jewish blood, but in the face of this group of German troops, hundreds of Jews also? Don't dare to act rashly. During this period, those who wanted to escape were also shot by the Germans on the spot after being discovered, so that no one dared to run again.
The Jews were as docile as sheep and continued until one day in 1943. In this concentration camp, a Soviet prisoner of war was imprisoned, named Alexander Pechersky. He was also Jewish and a captain in the Soviet Army. He was arrested for his defeat and imprisoned here.
He was originally a prisoner of war and a Jew. Naturally, there is no benefit here, so Pechersky has always been humiliated by the Germans in this concentration camp. As a result, he later became impressed by other Jewish prisoners over an incident. Because a German officer deliberately made it difficult for him to cut down a tree in 5 minutes. Otherwise punish him severely! As a result, he solved it in about four minutes. Let the German officers, with a look of embarrassment. However, when the German officer finally rewarded him with a cigarette, he refused with a disinterested face.
After that, most of the Jews followed him as the leader. After that, Pechersky secretly co-opted people and began to make plans for his escape. They planned that they would have to get guns and ammunition, kill the German officers first, make them lose their command, and then break through directly. As incredible as it sounds, there are still 420 participating in the program. They snatched machine guns and ammunition, killed almost all the German officers, and began the prison break head-on.
Commanding, 420 men broke through, and only 170 escaped. Because there was another traitor in the middle, only 58 people survived. Pechersky and the remaining companions, on the other hand, escaped all the way and finally met the Soviets and saved them. However, he was initially arrested, and only after interrogation was he restored to his freedom.
This escape can be said to be the boldest jailbreak in World War II. The other escapes were sneaky, but Pechersky went head-to-head with Jewish prisoners. In the end, he escaped, and this courage is indeed admirable. And here, it also reflects the Jews, under the oppression of the German army, the little sheep will also be angry.