Leon Feldhandler

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Leon Feldhandler was the son of a rabbi from Lublin.

Feldhandler was deported to the Sobibór extermination camp in 1942 or 1943 where he was chosen to work in Sonderkommando. He organised the resistance in the camp and collaborated with Alexander Pechersky in the revolt of October 14, 1943, that led to the mass break out of more than 300 prisoners.[1]

He hid in Lublin until the end of the occupation in July 1943. He was murdered by Polish antisemites who shot him through the door of his apartment in January 1945.

In the movie Escape from Sobibor he was played by Alan Arkin.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blatt, Thomas (1997). From the Ashes of Sobibór. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0810112213. 
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