Escape from Sobibor, is a reverent account of the prisoners of the Sobibor concentration camp, who made one of the most daring and courageous escapes in the history of World War II. Following real accounts of eighteen people who survived the escape, the author, Richard Rashke, tells the story of cruelty, desolation, and, ultimately, the will to live so that others might know what happened. happened, it is necessary to look at the people involved and the motivations that pushed the prisoners to attempt such a bold plan. Of all the prisoners who played a crucial role in implementing the escape from Sobibor, some were the main decision makers and key points capable of deciding the fate of an operation that would surely have failed. The crucial players were Leon Feldhendler (leader of the Organization), Alexander Pechersky (Russian prisoner of war and mastermind of the escape, who I like to call "The Indispensables" or guys like Shlomo Szmajzner and Thomas Platt who were granted privileged or special access within the camp for their special technical skills. Each prisoner experienced a transformative moment during their stay in Sobibor that would push them to the ultimate decision to escape. Usually such moments represented the realization that death would be almost certain if they had remained, it was necessary to let the world know. The common thread that unites them all was that living was an act of defiance. he is taken to Sobibor with his family as part of the Final Solution. During the processing, Shlomo volunteered to serve as a goldsmith for the camp. By doing so, Shlomo hoped to make… half of the paper… as easy as possible to be on board. The success of the escape ultimately did not depend on whether everyone managed to escape or not, but whether they managed to defy the Germans. In different ways Feldhendler, Pechersky, Shlomo, Toivi all resisted the Germans. "And the others?" said Boris, one of Pechersky's right-hand men, "You know the Germans will kill them all." Boris replied: “'No my friend, when we go, we will all go together. The whole camp. Some will die. But those who make it will win for them too (Rashke, 1995, p.167) It was unity of action and unity of mind that was the final triumph in challenging the Germans. This wasn't about every prisoner fighting for their memory. Each prisoner fought for the memories of all prisoners. Works Cited Rashke, R. L. (1995). Escape from Sobibor. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.