Editing Escape from Sobibor (section)

==Background==
On 14 October 1943, members of the Sobibor camp's [[Resistance movement|underground resistance]] killed 11 German ''[[SS-Totenkopfverbände]]'' officers and a number of ''[[Sonderdienst]]'' Ukrainian and ''[[Volksdeutsche]]'' guards. Of the 600 inmates in the camp, roughly 300 escaped, although all but 50–70 were later re-captured and killed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Schelvis, Jules|author-link=Jules Schelvis| title=Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp| publisher= Berg, Oxford & New Cork|year= 2007|page=168|isbn=978-1-84520-419-8}}</ref> After the escape, the SS Chief, [[Heinrich Himmler]], ordered the death camp closed. It was dismantled, bulldozed under the earth and planted over with trees to cover it up.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sobibor Extermination Camp: History & Overview|publisher=[[Jewish Virtual Library]]|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-sobibor}}</ref>