Following the success of its permanent exhibition - The Faces of Totalitarianism, the History Meeting House (DSH) is now inviting visitors to a new lesson in the social history of Europe. From the Ashes of Sobibór presents one of the most tragic fragments of Jewish history - the imprisonment in the Sobibór death camp.

The exhibition's creators, Marek Bem and Przemys³aw Klonowski, have used interactive means to try and present the difficult road the Jews traveled during the years of the Nazi occupation. The exhibition describes not only events but also the human dimension of history. It features 100 panels of photographs and historical documents, together with several visual art installations: an attic hiding place; the camp barracks; "the road to death;" the entrance to the gas chamber.
"More than 80,000 people have already seen the exhibition at well-known European museums," says the DSH's Maciej Horodecki. "It is divided into 11 sections presenting different themes, from prewar Jewish towns to the death camp in Sobibór and the armed revolt which ended with the escape of 300 prisoners in October 1943."

The exhibition is based on From the Ashes of Sobibór, an English-language book by the revolt's youngest participant - Thomas Blatt. The exhibition is co-organized with the Museum of the Former Nazi Extermination Camp in Sobibór, which is a branch of the £êczyñsko-W³odawskie Lake District Museum in W³odawa.

June 30-Sept. 15, History Meeting House, 20 Karowa St., Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. www.dsh.waw.pl

Sobibór SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor was a Nazi extermination camp that operated within Einsatz Reinhard in 1942-43. It was located in the Lublin region, in forests 4 km from the village of Sobibór, not far from the railway line linking Che³m and W³odawa. An armed prisoner revolt broke out on Oct. 14, 1943, led by Red Army officer Aleksander "Sasha" Pechersky. Around 300 prisoners escaped. After suppressing the rebellion, the Nazis decided to close the camp. A total of about 250,000 people were killed in the camp, coming from various countries including Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet Union.