Skip to content

Majdanek Concentration Camp


T

he Majdanek concentration camp was not designed as an extermination camp, but during its operation, tens of thousands of Jews were killed in gas chambers, shooting operations, by disease, and starvation. Majdanek was a unique camp because of its close proximity to Lublin, Poland. The citizens of Lublin knew about the camp. During the mass executions of Operation “Erntefest” or “Harvest Festival,” where over 18,000 Jews within the Lublin-area camps were executed in a single day, music was played in the camp and town to drown out the sounds of dying human beings. Soviet troops liberated the camp on July 24, 1944. It was found nearly intact for reporters to view and write about the horrors occurring in the Nazi camps. Overall, approximately 110,000 people were killed in the main camp alone, 70,000 of those were Jews.

Timeline

Victims: 95,000-130,000
Total killed in camp system
Victims: 80,000-92,000
Total Jews killed
Country
Poland
Location: City
Lublin
Other: Himmler orders the construction of camp in Lublin
Jul 21, 1941
Other: Construction begins on Majdanek
Oct 1941
Other: Majdanek becomes a forced-labor camp for Jews
Dec 1941
Other: Construction begins on 2 gas chambers
Oct 1942
Other: Operation “Erntefest,” SS kills 42,000 Jews
Nov 3, 1943
Other: Soviet forces liberate Majdanek
Jul 23, 1944
Other: Evacuation of prisoners begins
Jan 1944

1 Source·1 other

Other Facts

There are no other facts. Select Add to add facts or records.

Owner:Clio
Anyone can contribute

Created:Aug 14, 2009

Modified: Aug 14, 2009

View Count: 8,539(Recent: 6)

Fold3, Majdanek Concentration Camp (https://www.fold3.com/memorial/94115415/majdanek-concentration-camp : accessed Jul 26, 2024), database and images,


Looking for more information on Majdanek Concentration Camp?
Find more records