Recap of 2025
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Sobibor Foundation
The Sobibor Foundation was founded in 1999 by Jules Schelvis, the sole survivor of the 14th transport to the Sobibor death camp.
The objective of the Sobibor Foundation
The Sobibor Foundation aims to ensure that the memory of this extermination camp lives on. Our motto is therefore ‘remembering through information and education’.
- Every year, we commemorate the unique uprising of October 14, 1943.
- We organize trips to Poland.
- We record the stories of first-generation relatives of Sobibor victims.
- We award the Rachel Borzykowski Medal.
- We award the Jules Schelvis Youth Prize.
- We commemorate the Kindertransports every year in Vught.
- We develop a variety of educational materials.
- See our calendar for an overview of all our activities.
Sobibor uprising
An uprising broke out in the Sobibor extermination camp on 14 October 1943. This was one of the few times during the Second World War that Jewish prisoners in a death camp staged a successful uprising.
Around 300 prisoners managed to escape from the camp. As a result, several dozen rebels were able to bear witness to this place of horror after the war. After the uprising, traces of the camp were erased.
Biographies
34,313 Jews were deported from the Netherlands to the Sobibor extermination camp in 19 transports. Approximately 1,000 people, including Jules Schelvis, were sent on from Sobibor to labour camps.
Of all those deported from the Netherlands, 18 people survived the war, two of whom survived the uprising in Sobibor: Selma Wijnberg-Engel and Ursula Stern.
A number of the stories of the victims and survivors can be found on this website.
Calender
Activities, lectures, commemorations, and trips taking place in the near future. If you have any tips about events related to Sobibor, please send an email to info@sobibor.org.
Will you support us with a donation?
The Sobibor Foundation aims to keep the memory of the Sobibor extermination camp alive. To this end, the foundation organises various activities. This is done by volunteers. As a donor, you make a concrete contribution to the realisation of the Sobibor Foundation’s mission: “Remembering through information and education”.
The Sobibor Foundation has cultural ANBI status, which means that your donation is tax deductible.