Alexander Pechersky Military person

Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Аро́нович Пече́рский; 22 February 1909 – 19 January 1990) was 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.In 1948 Pechersky was arrested by the Soviet authorities along with his brother during the countrywide Rootless cosmopolitan campaign against the Jews suspected of pro-Western leanings. Only after Stalin's death in 1953 he was released from jail due in part to mounting international pressure. However, the harassment did not stop there. Pechersky was prevented by the Soviet government from testifying in multiple international trials related to Sobibor, including the Eichmann Trial in Israel. The last time he was refused the permission to exit the country and testify was in 1987, for a trial in Poland. He died three years later. His brother succumbed to a diabetic coma while in prison.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 22, 1909
Birth place	Russian Empire , Kremenchuk
Date of death	January 19, 1990
Place of death	Soviet Union , Rostov-on-Don

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allegiance	Soviet Union
award	Medal for Battle Merit Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
military operations	World War II
military branch	Red Army