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guards prevented any rescue and shot at those who tried to escape. Nearly 200 prisoners (out of 1,000) died from burns and wounds sustained in the uprising. Sobolewicz suffered severe burns in the fire and narrowly escaped death. Survivors of the fire were loaded onto trucks and driven five hours
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Sobolewicz attributed his survival mainly to sheer luck and coincidence, as so many of his comrades perished along the way, but also to his strong will to survive, the help of God, his strong desire to reunite with his mother and family, and his strong desire to bear witness to the atrocities
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Sobolewicz and other survivors made their way to local farm hamlets, where the local farmers took them in and gave them food and shelter until the
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prisoners staged an uprising and mass escape attempt from the camp located in the arms factory cellars. They set their bunks on fire, and the flames and smoke quickly filled the cellars.
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