Sobibór - the pits

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Pits located behind the monument at the site of the former death camp at Sobibór.

These pits almost certainly form part of the ammunition bunkers that were planned for camp four and were not used to bury people. The mass graves are to the north of this point around where the mound is located.

I have also posted other films including interviews with Sobibor escapee Tomasz Toivi Blatt on You Tube.
My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. With almost one film per day, one may be forgiven for thinking I do nothing else but I do have a day job as well. I have produced more than 400 original films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects

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There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!

Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region and the sites http://www.ceepackaging.com/articles/events/ and http://www.ceepackaging.com/articles/agenda/ give a pretty good idea where future films are going to come from! Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!

In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management).

My blog can be found via http://www.ceepackaging.com and http://www.pbn.com.pl and contains background information and more details of many of my films. This information is in English.

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[BradKnowsAll]

Is that David Irving with you?  You never identify him but it sure sounds/looks like him

[alanheath]

@BradKnowsAll That is him, yes.

[TheKonrad1984]

@alanheath Hi have you been in Majdanek too? I was there one mounth ago :)It was little bit creepy,but interesting.Greetings.

[alanheath]

@TheKonrad1984 Yes, I have also been to Majdanek. I have film from there too!

[TheKonrad1984]

@alanheath Hi :) Ok do you have the name of the video? Greets.

[alanheath]

@TheKonrad1984 Go to my channel page and do a search using the word Majdanek. I can't remember the exact name.

[Yorkshiretony1]

Surely the depressions you are looking at are the remains of the armaments recycling workshops, referred to as camp 4

[jdolce101]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I've met one of the Sobibor survivors! She and her husband escaped together and later got married. He's since died, but she lives along the Connecticut shoreline.

[TheKonrad1984]

@alanheath Ok Thank you :)Greets.

[sandsifter149]

Could just be tank traps !!

[choppedpeanuts1]

@alanheath3 Thanks! I thought it was constructed of ash with some sort of pebbles covering it but I was never sure. Regardless, as a monument, it is a dramatic and sad statement regarding the people murdered there. I do understand that are many large burial pits near it and in the woods. Again, thank you.

[alanheath3]

@choppedpeanuts1 I think I have filmed it but I can't remember. In any case the mound of ashes contains very little ash - indeed the archaeology shows that it was partially constructed over one of the mass burial pits. I have got a lot of film from Sobibor. Maybe I will be there in a couple of weeks time for the anniversary of the revolt - I usually go if I am in Poland on that day.