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The world’s first museum related to World War II and the Holocaust. We document the history of the German Majdanek concentration camp in Lublin and the extermination camps in Bełżec and Sobibór. www.majdanek.eu https://www.instagram.com/majdanek.memorial

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Nov 18

In 1944 the State Museum at Majdanek was created on the former grounds of the German concentration camp in Lublin. Today we also run two braches on the former death camps grounds: Museums and Memorials in Bełżec and Sobibór. We are the world's first Holocaust memorial. We are a Triad of Remembrance.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

02.10.1884|Józef Henryk Sandauer was born in Sambor. He graduated from the Jan Kazimierz university in Lwów and became a lawyer. He married Franciszka Czoban and the couple had a son – Feliks. Józef Sandauer was deported to SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec in August 1942. #Holocaust

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

02.10.1942|Deportation from Działoszyce and Miechów: ca. 500 Jews were killed on site; up to 3,000 others were deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. Among them there were Elimeloch and Raizla-Bela Klainman with their children Debora, Rut, Mojżesz.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

01.10.1942|The Germans arrested Pole Stanisław Chudziak during a round-up in Lublin’s Wieniawa quarter. At #Majdanek He was registered as prisoner no. 16516, first detained at field I and then at field II. Stanisław was released from the camp in December and survived the war.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

01.10.1922|#Holocaust survivor Samuel Lerer was born in Żółkiewka (Lublin region). He was deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor in May 1942. He was selected for labour and worked at the stables. Samuel escaped during the prisoner uprising on 14 October 1943.

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1.10.1942|Women’s camp (FKL) was established at field V of #Majdanek. Its first prisoners were the Polish residents of Lublin and Goraj, and the Jewish women transferred from the ghettos at Bełżyce and Majdan Tatarski. It functioned until its evacuation to Auschwitz and Ravensbrück in April 1944.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

This photo of the Polish-Jewish Kornfeld family was taken on 30.09.1938. During WWII they lived in Kraków. Josef (left) was murdered in SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec in September 1942. His wife Hana survived. She’s with their little son Ziga (centre-right). He perished in #Auschwitz in May 1944.

Vintage photo of three adults and one child in formal attire on stone steps, with leafy trees in the background. The mood is reminiscent and formal.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

30.09.1876| Dutch Jewish woman Elisabeth Henriette de Hartog was born in Utrecht. She was among the 2397 people deported from the Westerbork transit camp to the SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor extermination camp in late June 1943. None of them survived the #Holocaust.

Historic photograph of a woman in an ornate hat beside a memorial stone with a plaque in a cemetery setting. The mood is reflective and somber.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

30.09.1942|Nearly 6000 Jews from Tarnopol and several surrounding settlements in the Galicia District were deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers. #Holocaust

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

26.09.1942| Around 5,000 Jews from Borszczów (Borshchiv) and several nearby settlements around Tarnopol (Ternopil) in the Galicia district were deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers. #Holocaust

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 13d

25.09.1923|Tadeusz Gryczan was born. In June 1943 he was caught in a round-up and taken to the Gestapo prison in Białystok. In July he was deported to #Majdanek and registered as prisoner no. 716. He also went through Natzweiler, Dachau, Neuengamme, Sandbostel camps. He survived.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 15d

23.09.1943|2,000 Jews deported from Minsk arrived at #Sobibór. Among them there were around 100 POWs – former Red Army soldiers. It was a turning point in the death camp’s history. One of the deportees, lieutenant Alexander Pechersky, later co-developed the plan of the October prisoner uprising.

Black and white portrait of Alexander Pechersky wearing a high-collared military uniform. He gazes to the side with a serious expression, conveying a sombre tone.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 18d

20.09.1942|The Germans arrested Halina Cetnarowicz in Zakopane. She was sent to the Pawiak prison in Warsaw & then deported to #Majdanek in January 1943. As prisoner no. 4553 she worked as a nurse in infirmary. In April 1944 she was transferred to #Auschwitz. Halina survived.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 19d

19.09.1942|Around 2,800 Jews were deported from Brody and Podkamień (Galicia district) to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers. #Holocaust

Rusty metal letters forming the town name of “Brody” spelled in Polish and Hebrew, placed against a concrete memorial surface. The background features a few trees and a landscape of ashen rocks, evoking a sombre tone.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 19d

19.09.1943|Transport of prisoners from the Gestapo Łącki prison in Lviv was sent to #Majdanek. As no documents regarding that group have been preserved it is impossible to determine the exact number of deportees. Survivors testimonies mention several hundred Poles and Ukrainians.

Barbed wire fence lines a gravel path under a bright sun. The sky is partly cloudy, casting light and shadow on the grassy landscape. The mood is sombre.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · 20d

18.09.1942| #Majdanek camp administration departament sent two chests of money and valuables to the “Einsatz Reinhardt” warehouses in Lublin, where they were stored before being shipped to Germany. Those items had been confiscated from the Polish Jews imprisoned in the camp on 15 September.

A worn, partially torn, sepia-toned document dated 1942 with typewritten German text. It includes a stamp featuring an eagle. The paper appears fragile.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 7

07.09.1942|Deportation of 4769 Jews from the ghetto in Kołomyja to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. Around 300 people were killed on site and all deportees were murdered in the gas chambers. Among them were Fryderyka and Maurycy Feuerstein. #Holocaust

Sepia-toned portrait of Fryderyka Feuerstein: an older woman with short hair, wearing a striped blouse with a white collar. She has a serious, thoughtful expression.

Black and white portrait of Maurycy Feuerstein: a man in a suit and tie, looking slightly left. The image has a vintage tone, capturing a serious, contemplative expression.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 5

05.09.1942|Transport of 6500 Jews from Khodoriv, Rozdil, Zhydachiv and Zhuravne departed from Skole (Galicia district) to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. Among them there were Fancia Sternberg and her sisters: Matylda Wacht, Klara Herbst, and Rózia Wajler. No survivors.

Sepia-toned vintage portrait of Fancia Sternberg – a woman with short, dark hair, wearing a collared shirt. The image is slightly worn, conveying a nostalgic feel.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 5

05.09.1942|Norwegian man Alf Knudsen was arrested while tying to cross the Swedish border. He went through several German concentration camps: Sachsenhausen, Majdanek, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Neuengamme. At #Majdanek from February 1944 as prisoner no. 6529. He survived all those camps and the war.

Black and white passport-style photo of a serious young man with short hair. Purple ink stamp marks are visible in the background.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 3

03.09.1942|Around 5,000 Jews were deported from the ghetto in Stryj (Stryi) in the Galicia district to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered upon arrival. #Holocaust

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 3

03.09.1943|Polish man Konrad Kozera, prisoner no. 197 died at the #Majdanek concentration camp. Around a month earlier his wife Alicja had also perished. 11 members of the Kozera family were deported to KL Lublin from the Gestapo prison in Radom in January 1943. Most of them did not survive the war.

Vintage black and white photograph portrait of Konrad Kozera, a young smiling man wearing a suit and tie looking directly into the camera.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 2

02.09.1942|6000-7000 Jews were deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. The deportees were from Słomniki, Skały, Proszowice, Miechów, Olkusz and Kraków. Among the victims there were Hersz-Wolf Honigman, his wife Chana, and their daughters: Etel and Sara.

Old sepia photo of the Honigman family in vintage attire, four people: Sara, Hersz-Wolf, Chana, and Etel are posing formally around a small lace-covered table with flowers. The mood is serious and timeless.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 2

He was eventually liberated in Dachau. He survived the war, returned to Poland, and settled in Kraków. He continued his sports career as a football coach of teams like @wislakrakowsa.bsky.social and @kscracovia.bsky.social. 1965 Wisła Kraków photo with coach Skoraczyński comes from: historiawisly.pl

Black-and-white photo of a vintage football team Wisła Kraków taken in 1965. Most men wear matching jerseys with "V" patterns, some standing, others crouching, with two men in suits on the right. The mood is proud and formal.

Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 2

02.09.1942|Polish man Czesław Skoraczyński, professional football and hockey player, was arrested by the Germans as a resistance member in Lviv. On 2 February 1943 he was deported to #Majdanek, as prisoner no. 1324 kept at field III. He later went through Gross-Rosen and Flossenbürg camps.

Black and white portrait of Czesław Skoraczyński, a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and dark jacket. He looks directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 2

02.09.1924|Polish Jewish woman Regina Zieliński (née Feldman) was born in Siedliszcze. She was brought to SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor in December 1942. Regina escaped in October 1943, survived the #Holocaust, and in 1949 moved to Australia. Watch her testimony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=43lk...

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Majdanek Museum @majdanekmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 1

01.09.1896| Polish Jewish man Albert (Abe) Federgrün was born in Kraków. He lived in Nowy Targ and Kraków, and was a factory and warehouse worker. In August 1942 he was deported from Wieliczka to the German Nazi death camp SS-Sonderkommando Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers. #Holocaust

A vintage sepia-toned photo of the Federgrün family taken in Nowy Targ in 1927. A woman, Tonia, who was Albert’s wife, sits on a decorative chair, Albert dressed in a suit is standing and holding their young son, Pinches in between both parents. They all look calmly at the camera.

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