What is Sobibor extermination camp?
'''Sobibor''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|oʊ|b|ɪ|b|ɔːr}}, [[Polish language|Polish]]: {{IPAc-pl|s|o|'|b|i|b|u|r}}) was a German [[extermination camp]] during [[World War II]]. It opened in May 1942 and closed on 14 October 1943.{{sfn|Arad|1987| pp= 373–374}} The camp was part of [[Operation Reinhard]], [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler's]] secret plan to [[Genocide|kill all of the Jews]] in Nazi-[[Occupied territory|occupied]] [[Poland]]. Sobibor was located in the forest near the village of [[Sobibór, Lublin Voivodeship|Sobibór]], in the [[General Government]] region of central Poland. [[File:Sobibor_extermination_camp_map,_summer_1943.png|thumb|The layout of Sobibor, as it appeared in summer 1943]] Sobibor was an extermination camp, not a [[concentration camp]]. This meant the camp's only purpose was to [[murder]] Jews. The vast majority of prisoners were [[Extermination camp#Gassings|gassed]] within hours of arrival. People who were not killed immediately were [[Forced labor|forced to work]] in the camp. Few survived more than a few months. In total, some 170,000 to 250,000 people were murdered at Sobibor. Only three other camps ([[Belzec extermination camp|Belzec]], [[Treblinka]], and [[Auschwitz]]) killed more people than Sobibor. After the revolt, the Nazis demolished the camp and planted it over with [[Pine|pine trees]]. Sobibor got little attention in the first [[Decade|decades]] after [[World War II]]. It was rarely mentioned in popular or [[Academia|scholarly]] accounts of the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]. It became better known after it was portrayed in the TV miniseries ''[[Holocaust (miniseries)|Holocaust]]'' (1978) and the film ''[[Escape From Sobibor|Escape from Sobibor]]'' (1987). The [[Sobibor Museum]] now stands at the site of the camp. [[Archaeology|Archaeologists]] continue to investigate the site. ==Background== === Operation Reinhard === {{Further|The Holocaust in Poland}} [[File:WW2-Holocaust-Europe.png|thumb|left|Map of the Holocaust in Europe. Sobibor is located right of centre.]] Sobibor was one of