Death Camps In Poland: Sobibor - The Old Railway Station and sign

Before entering the camp there are two other structures that survived the war. The first being the original railway station building. The railway station building is located opposite the extermination camp on the other side of the railway lines, opposite the Commandant's villa. I did not venture as far as the station during the first trip, so the photographs were taken in October.

Original railway station building in Sobibor

Original railway station building
located on the opposite side of the
railway tracts to the camp

Interestingly, in the film 'Escape from Sobibor' scenes of victims leaving the train show the ramp to the left of the railway station building, which is on the wrong side of the railway tracks as the railway station and ramp are positioned today. Also the position of the buffer in the film is to the left of the building. Otherwise the railway station building has been moved or probably more likely the film is not accurate.

Sobibor Extermination camp was built along the Chelm-Wlodawa railway line, in a wooded, swampy area close to the thinly populated Sobibor village and Railway station. Starting in May 1942 trains with between 40 to 60 freight cars arrived at the Sobibor railway station.

The Sobibor sign is an iconic symbol of Sobibor, surviving the dismantling of the extermination camp. Time has not been friendly to the sign which is very rusty and in disrepair. The sign is located just down from the railway station building.