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Alexander Pechersky

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Soviet Army captain who led 1943 revolt in Sobibor (1909-1990)

Lived 1909 to 1990 · aged 80
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Alexander "Sasha" Aronovich Pechersky, also known as Oleksandr Aronovych Pecherskyi, was a Jewish-Soviet officer.

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The memorial plaque on the building where Pechersky livedThe memorial plaque on the building where Pechersky livedAlexander Pechersky award certificate signed by Major General Safonov on 10 June 1949Alexander Pechersky award certificate signed by Major General Safonov on 10 June 1949Alexander Pechersky memorial in Tel AvivAlexander Pechersky memorial in Tel Aviv

Awards 4

Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of Courage
Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

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Lyudmila AlexeyevaAlso won Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandMitrofan NedelinAlso won Order of CourageDieter AlthausAlso won Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandIgor KostyukovAlso won Order of CourageMarta EggerthAlso won Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandSergey MelikovAlso won Order of Courage

About this person

Alexander "Sasha" Aronovich Pechersky, also known as Oleksandr Aronovych Pecherskyi, was a Jewish-Soviet officer. He is one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II, which occurred at the Sobibor extermination camp on 14 October 1943.

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Dates
Lived 1909 to 1990 · aged 80
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