Of the 170,000 Jews brought to Sobibor only 57 survived. They survived because of one man - Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky. We were joined by author David Bezmozgis to discuss his long read piece on Pechersky, the revolt and why his story is spoken about so little. 
Read more at - <a href='https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/sasha-pechersky-sobibor-russian-jews-david-bezmozgis'>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/sasha-pechersky-sobibor-russian-jews-david-bezmozgis</a>

Of the 170,000 Jews brought to Sobibor only 57 survived. They survived because of one man - Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky. We were joined by author David Bezmozgis to discuss his long read piece on Pechersky, the revolt and why his story is spoken about so little. Read more at - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/sasha-pechersky-sobibor-russian-jews-david-bezmozgis

Of the 170,000 Jews brought to Sobibor only 57 survived. They survived because of one man - Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky. We were joined by author David Bezmozgis to discuss his long read piece on Pechersky, the revolt and why his story is spoken about so little.&nbsp;
Read more at - <a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/sasha-pechersky-sobibor-russian-jews-david-bezmozgis" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/sasha-pechersky-sobibor-russian-jews-david-bezmozgis</a>
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Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky (with David Bezmozgis)

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Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pechersky (with David Bezmozgis)

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