Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
2001 film by Claude Lanzmann
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (French: Sobibor, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures) is a 2001 French documentary film directed by Claude Lanzmann. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The title and date refer to the Sobibor revolt, one of only two successful uprisings at German extermination camps during the Second World War (the other being at Treblinka).
See also
List of Holocaust films
Sobibór extermination camp
References
Further reading
Weissman, Gary (2020). "Yehuda Lerner's Living Words Translation and Transcription in Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4. p.m.". In McGlothlin, Erin; Prager, Brad (eds.). The Construction of Testimony: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Its Outtakes. Wayne State University Press.
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