Leon Felhendler
Leon Feldhendler (1910 – April 1945) was the son of a rabbi from Lublin.
Feldhandler was deported to the Sobibór extermination camp in 1943. 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]
In 1945, Feldhandler was killed accidentialy there by Home Army partisan during execution of NKVD and UB collaborant Hersh Blank.[citation needed] Pechersky was imprisoned by the NKVD, but later released. In the movie Escape from Sobibor he was played by Alan Arkin.
References
- ^ Blatt, Thomas (1997). From the Ashes of Sobibór. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0810112213.
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