Majdanek Museum
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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.
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In December 1943 #Majdanek started operating as Genesungslager, a concentration point for the sick prisoners transferred from other camps. Two large transports of over 1100 ill and emaciated prisoners sent from KL Sachsenhausen and #Auschwitz arrived on 12-13.12.1943.
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In December 1943 #Majdanek started operating as Genesungslager, a concentration point for the sick prisoners transferred from other camps. Two large transports of over 1100 ill and emaciated prisoners sent from KL Sachsenhausen and #Auschwitz arrived on 12-13.12.1943.
12.12.1942|Germans arrested Tadeusz Ogrodowczyk in Warsaw and placed him in the Pawiak prison. At #Majdanek from 17 January 1943 as inmate no. 3693. In April 1944 he was transferred in an evacuation transport to KL Gross-Rosen. He survived.
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
12.12.1942|Germans arrested Tadeusz Ogrodowczyk in Warsaw and placed him in the Pawiak prison. At #Majdanek from 17 January 1943 as inmate no. 3693. In April 1944 he was transferred in an evacuation transport to KL Gross-Rosen. He survived.
11.12.1942|Germans arrested Irena Pełka in Warsaw and put her in the Pawiak prison. At #Majdanek as prisoner no. 4655 from January 1943. She worked in the Gärtnerei kommando. In April 1944 Irena was transferred to Ravensbrück and then to its Leipzig sub-camp. She survived.
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
11.12.1942|Germans arrested Irena Pełka in Warsaw and put her in the Pawiak prison. At #Majdanek as prisoner no. 4655 from January 1943. She worked in the Gärtnerei kommando. In April 1944 Irena was transferred to Ravensbrück and then to its Leipzig sub-camp. She survived.
10.12.1926|Sara Goldbaum was born in Lublin. She was detained in the Podzamcze ghetto together with her parents: Srul and Chaja. The Goldbaums were deported during the ghetto liquidation in spring 1942 and murdered in the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
10.12.1926|Sara Goldbaum was born in Lublin. She was detained in the Podzamcze ghetto together with her parents: Srul and Chaja. The Goldbaums were deported during the ghetto liquidation in spring 1942 and murdered in the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec.
10.12.1908|Icchak Lichtman was born in Żółkiewka. He was deported to the SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor extermination camp in May 1942. He was selected for labour and worked as a shoemaker. Icchak escaped during the prisoner uprising, survived the #Holocaust and settled in Israel after the war.
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
10.12.1908|Icchak Lichtman was born in Żółkiewka. He was deported to the SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor extermination camp in May 1942. He was selected for labour and worked as a shoemaker. Icchak escaped during the prisoner uprising, survived the #Holocaust and settled in Israel after the war.
05.12.1942|Around 3,000 Jews were deported from Przemyślany (Peremyshliany) in the Galicia District to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. The transport also included some people who had been herded in from Gliniany (Hlyniany) several days earlier. #Holocaust
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
05.12.1942|Around 3,000 Jews were deported from Przemyślany (Peremyshliany) in the Galicia District to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. The transport also included some people who had been herded in from Gliniany (Hlyniany) several days earlier. #Holocaust
05.12.1878|Bezalel Elisza Wertheimer was born in Gorlice. With his wife Gusta (Engländer) they had 3 children: Helena, Henryka, Sabina. Wertheimers were deported from the Kraków ghetto to SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers in late October 1942.📷Bezalel, Gusta, Sabina, 1938.
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
05.12.1878|Bezalel Elisza Wertheimer was born in Gorlice. With his wife Gusta (Engländer) they had 3 children: Helena, Henryka, Sabina. Wertheimers were deported from the Kraków ghetto to SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers in late October 1942.📷Bezalel, Gusta, Sabina, 1938.
04.12.1942| #Holocaust: During the 1942 Hanukkah between 1,000 and 1,200 Jews were deported from Brzeżany (Berezhany) to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
04.12.1942| #Holocaust: During the 1942 Hanukkah between 1,000 and 1,200 Jews were deported from Brzeżany (Berezhany) to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers.
Today we invoke the memory of Selma Engel-Wijnberg, Dutch #Holocaust survivor, who passed away in East Haven on 04.12.2018. During the selection on the railway ramp in #Sobibór she was picked for labour. In the camp she met her future husband, Chaim Engel. They escaped together during the uprising.
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Today we invoke the memory of Selma Engel-Wijnberg, Dutch #Holocaust survivor, who passed away in East Haven on 04.12.2018. During the selection on the railway ramp in #Sobibór she was picked for labour. In the camp she met her future husband, Chaim Engel. They escaped together during the uprising.
01.12.1941|Polish man Edward Karabanik was deported to #Majdanek from Buchenwald and registered as prisoner no. 47. He worked in the camp warehouses, kitchen and the carpenters' workshop. In April 1944 he was transferred to Gross-Rosen, then to Leitmeritz. He survived and lived in Poland after WWII.
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
01.12.1941|Polish man Edward Karabanik was deported to #Majdanek from Buchenwald and registered as prisoner no. 47. He worked in the camp warehouses, kitchen and the carpenters' workshop. In April 1944 he was transferred to Gross-Rosen, then to Leitmeritz. He survived and lived in Poland after WWII.
01.12.1897|Polish man Kazimierz Adamczewski was born in Wielołęka. He worked as a lawyer. The Germans arrested him in September 1942. Kazimierz was deported to the German Nazi #Majdanek concentration camp and registered as prisoner no. 15914. He perished in the camp on 18.11.1942.
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
01.12.1897|Polish man Kazimierz Adamczewski was born in Wielołęka. He worked as a lawyer. The Germans arrested him in September 1942. Kazimierz was deported to the German Nazi #Majdanek concentration camp and registered as prisoner no. 15914. He perished in the camp on 18.11.1942.
01.12.1908|Polish Jew and #Holocaust survivor Shlomo Alster was born in Chełm. He was deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor in November 1942 and selected for work as a carpenter. He escaped during the uprising in October 1943 and lived in Israel after WWII.
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
01.12.1908|Polish Jew and #Holocaust survivor Shlomo Alster was born in Chełm. He was deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor in November 1942 and selected for work as a carpenter. He escaped during the uprising in October 1943 and lived in Israel after WWII.
26.11.1975|The trial of 17 #Majdanek garrison members began in Düsseldorf. The defendants included: 📷Hermine Braunsteiner, Hildegard Lächert, Hermann Hackmann, Emil Laurich, Heinz Villain, Arnold Strippel, Wilhelm Reinartz, and Heinrich Groffmann. The verdict took years and was announced in 1981.
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
26.11.1975|The trial of 17 #Majdanek garrison members began in Düsseldorf. The defendants included: 📷Hermine Braunsteiner, Hildegard Lächert, Hermann Hackmann, Emil Laurich, Heinz Villain, Arnold Strippel, Wilhelm Reinartz, and Heinrich Groffmann. The verdict took years and was announced in 1981.
25.11.1924|Hella Weiss-Felenbaum was born in Lublin. In December 1942 she was transferred from the Staw-Nowosiółki labor camp to SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor. She worked in the sorting barrack and the camp garden. Hella escaped during the uprising on 14.10.1943, joined the partisans and survived WWII.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
25.11.1924|Hella Weiss-Felenbaum was born in Lublin. In December 1942 she was transferred from the Staw-Nowosiółki labor camp to SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor. She worked in the sorting barrack and the camp garden. Hella escaped during the uprising on 14.10.1943, joined the partisans and survived WWII.
24.11.1904|Malka Ester Domb was born in Ulanów. She moved to Cologne and then to Antwerp. Her family was displaced to the Lublin district and returned to Ulanów over time. From there Malka and her relatives were deported to SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered.📷Malka with her daughters and sister.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
24.11.1904|Malka Ester Domb was born in Ulanów. She moved to Cologne and then to Antwerp. Her family was displaced to the Lublin district and returned to Ulanów over time. From there Malka and her relatives were deported to SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec and murdered.📷Malka with her daughters and sister.
21.11.1941|Polish Jew Jakub Josef Gutglik perished at #Majdanek. He was among the prisoners forced to erect the first elements of the camp infrastructure. His death is confirmed by a preserved list of deceased Jewish labourers compiled by the SS construction office in Lublin.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
21.11.1941|Polish Jew Jakub Josef Gutglik perished at #Majdanek. He was among the prisoners forced to erect the first elements of the camp infrastructure. His death is confirmed by a preserved list of deceased Jewish labourers compiled by the SS construction office in Lublin.
21.11.1915|Polish man Stanisław Zawiśliński was born in Kąty. He was a corporal cadet of the Polish army. He was detained at #Majdanek from January 1943 as prisoner no. 12340. In late March 1943 Stanisław was transferred to KL Flossenbürg, but he died during the transport.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
21.11.1915|Polish man Stanisław Zawiśliński was born in Kąty. He was a corporal cadet of the Polish army. He was detained at #Majdanek from January 1943 as prisoner no. 12340. In late March 1943 Stanisław was transferred to KL Flossenbürg, but he died during the transport.
06.11.1942|Several thousand Jews were deported from the ghetto in Piaski to the German Nazi death SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor. Among them there was Kurt Ticho (Thomas) the only Czech Jewish survivor of Sobibór. He worked in the camp sorting facility and took part in the prisoners’ uprising.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
06.11.1942|Several thousand Jews were deported from the ghetto in Piaski to the German Nazi death SS-Sonderkommando #Sobibor. Among them there was Kurt Ticho (Thomas) the only Czech Jewish survivor of Sobibór. He worked in the camp sorting facility and took part in the prisoners’ uprising.
05.11.1943|The SS began destroying the evidence of operation ‘Erntefest’. A group of Soviet POWs detained at #Majdanek systematically uncovered the mass graves in execution ditches and burned the bodies. The concealment process was supervised by the chief of the camp crematoria Erich Muhsfeldt.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
05.11.1943|The SS began destroying the evidence of operation ‘Erntefest’. A group of Soviet POWs detained at #Majdanek systematically uncovered the mass graves in execution ditches and burned the bodies. The concealment process was supervised by the chief of the camp crematoria Erich Muhsfeldt.
Similar executions took place the same day at the labour camp in Trawniki, and on the following day in Poniatowa. In total, operation "Erntefest" claimed the lives of over 42,000 Jewish women, children, and men. It was the largest execution massacre during World War II.
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Similar executions took place the same day at the labour camp in Trawniki, and on the following day in Poniatowa. In total, operation "Erntefest" claimed the lives of over 42,000 Jewish women, children, and men. It was the largest execution massacre during World War II.
During the morning roll-call all non-Jewish prisoners were locked inside the barracks of other fields. Survivors recalled loud music played in the camp: waltzes, marches or foxtrots that were played to drown out gun noises. They recalled the 3 November 1943 as "Bloody Wednesday".
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
During the morning roll-call all non-Jewish prisoners were locked inside the barracks of other fields. Survivors recalled loud music played in the camp: waltzes, marches or foxtrots that were played to drown out gun noises. They recalled the 3 November 1943 as "Bloody Wednesday".
03.11.1943|Operation “Erntefest”: German SS, police and Sonderdienst functionaries murdered over 18,000 Jewish prisoners of #Majdanek and labour camps in Lublin. Victims were concentrated at field V, left their clothes, and were murdered in trenches dug near the camp crematorium.
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
03.11.1943|Operation “Erntefest”: German SS, police and Sonderdienst functionaries murdered over 18,000 Jewish prisoners of #Majdanek and labour camps in Lublin. Victims were concentrated at field V, left their clothes, and were murdered in trenches dug near the camp crematorium.
31.10.2015|Tomasz (Toivi) Blatt, Polish Jewish man and #Holocaust survivor from Izbica, passed away in Santa Barbara, California. He was one of the prominent voices promoting the knowledge about the German Nazi extermination camp in #Sobibór. 📷T. Blatt guiding a group in Sobibór.
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
31.10.2015|Tomasz (Toivi) Blatt, Polish Jewish man and #Holocaust survivor from Izbica, passed away in Santa Barbara, California. He was one of the prominent voices promoting the knowledge about the German Nazi extermination camp in #Sobibór. 📷T. Blatt guiding a group in Sobibór.
31.10.1910|Polish woman Katarzyna Kapuśniak was born. She lived in the Rogale settlement (Lublin region). The Germans arrested her family under suspicion of aiding partisans and fugitives. At #Majdanek from 06.07.1943. Katarzyna was released a month later and survived the war.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
31.10.1910|Polish woman Katarzyna Kapuśniak was born. She lived in the Rogale settlement (Lublin region). The Germans arrested her family under suspicion of aiding partisans and fugitives. At #Majdanek from 06.07.1943. Katarzyna was released a month later and survived the war.
30.10.1909|Polish woman Genowefa Kostecka (née Willmann) was born. She was a teacher engaged in underground education during the war. The Germans arrested her in July 1943. From late August at #Majdanek as prisoner no. 1497. In April 1944 Genowefa was transferred to KL Ravensbrück. She survived.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
30.10.1909|Polish woman Genowefa Kostecka (née Willmann) was born. She was a teacher engaged in underground education during the war. The Germans arrested her in July 1943. From late August at #Majdanek as prisoner no. 1497. In April 1944 Genowefa was transferred to KL Ravensbrück. She survived.