Alexander Pechersky was a Russian accountant of Jewish descent and was responsible for one of the most heroic acts of World War II: Posing as a leader for the escape of many jews from Sobibor extermination camp. Pechersky was a devoted Jew who had demonstrated many heroic acts prior to his main recognition of today during his time in the Soviet Red Army. Eventually in 1942, Pechersky was captured and sent to a penal camp in Borisov, Belarus where he was forced to live off of a very small amount of bread and water for 10 days, while still in the horrible condition of being crammed next to thousands of inmates whom were also grieving their existences. The actual act of bravery was displayed when our hero decided that he’d had enough of this cruel
