Sobibor Interviews 1983-1984, interview 05, Kurt Thomas

Interview with Kurt Thomas (Brno 11 April 1914). Thomas was taken to Sobibor via the ghetto of Theresienstadt. In the sorting barracks he had to sort clothes and belongings of victims who had been gassed. As an orderly he later managed to save the lives of several prisoners by letting them rest longer than allowed. When he had climbed across the fence during the uprising he refused to hurry: "I don't have to run anymore, I am a free man".Born Kurt Ticho, he attended grammar school in his hometown. He served as a telegraph operator in the Czech army. After the war he saw to it that SS Frenzel was arrested in Berlin. Kurt Thomas died on 8 June 2009 in Columbus, Ohio.

库尔特·托马斯访谈录（1914年4月11日生于布尔诺）。托马斯经特莱西恩施塔特隔都（Theresienstadt）被押解至索比堡集中营（Sobibor）。在分拣营房内，他需对遭毒气杀害的受害者的衣物与随身物品进行分拣。作为营房勤务人员，他后来通过允许囚犯超出规定时长休息的方式，救下了多名囚犯的性命。起义期间翻越围栏后，他拒绝匆忙撤离，并说道："我不必再奔跑了，我已是自由之人。"本名库尔特·蒂乔（Kurt Ticho），他在家乡完成了文法中学的学业。他曾在捷克军队中担任电报员。战后，他促成了党卫队（SS）成员弗兰策尔在柏林的落网。库尔特·托马斯于2009年6月8日在俄亥俄州哥伦布市逝世。