Archaeologists Uncover Nazi Gas Chambers

Covered up by fleeing Nazis, the concentration camp of Sobibor has long held secrets about the extent of the crimes in Poland under the Nazis. Now, archaeologists have uncovered well-preserved gas chaber walls as well as thousands of items belonging to the victims. Unlike at Auschwitz, the Nazis succeeded in destroying nearly every shred of evidence at the camp, covering the grounds in asphalt and killing nearly all imprisoned. “The discovery of the gas chambers at Sobibor is a very important finding in Holocaust research,” historian David Silberklang said. “We found earrings, gold wedding rings and a ring with the inscription, ‘with this ring you are consecrated to me,’ in Hebrew letters,” Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi told Haaretz. “We also found a large Magen David [the Star of David] and a coin dated 1927 from Palestine.”