Describe the first scene in which the Jewish people arrive on trains. Who is selected to go immediately to the “showers” (gas chambers)? Who is selected to live at least another day? What

“Escape from Sobibor” movie guide:
All Answers should be specific to movie. Answers should be approx.
1. Describe the first scene in which the Jewish people arrive on trains. Who is selected to go
immediately to the “showers” (gas chambers)? Who is selected to live at least another day?
What is the cut-off age of boys? BE SPECIFIC in your answers
2. In the same scene, describe the ways in which the SS officers running the camps deceive the
newly arrived Jewish inmates? Give three verbal examples. Give three non-verbal examples (ex.
the scenery, the score, what is happening in the background, etc…)
3. In the same scene, why don’t the SS officers immediately discipline the older gentleman who
slaps one of them on arrival?
4. In the scene in which the SS officers are eating dinner, describe how they justify what they are
doing at Sobibor.
5. Describe how Itzhack (the tailor) and Schlomo (the goldsmith) each react to learning that they
are in a death camp? How are they the same? How are they different?
6. Describe how the Jewish inmates cope with their situation. How do they “live”? How do they
“resist” (non-violently)?