Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp

Background

Majdanek (or Lublin) was a Nazi concentration and extermination camp built and operated by the SS on the outskirts of the city of Lublin during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It had three gas chambers, two wooden gallows, and some 227 structures in all, placing it among the largest of Nazi concentration camps. Although initially intended for forced labor rather than extermination, it was used to murder an estimated 78,000 people during Operation Reinhard, the German plan to murder all Polish Jews within their own occupied homeland. In operation from October 1, 1941, to July 22, 1944, it was captured nearly intact. The rapid advance of the Soviet Red Army during Operation Bagration prevented the SS from destroying most of its infrastructure, and Deputy Camp Commandant Anton Thernes failed to remove the most incriminating evidence of war crimes. The camp was nicknamed Majdanek ("little Majdan") in 1941 by local residents, as it was adjacent to the Lublin Ghetto of Majdan Tatarski.

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World Prisons. (2026). Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lublin-majdanek-concentration-camp

"Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lublin-majdanek-concentration-camp.

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  title = {Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lublin-majdanek-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-07-22}
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