Majdanek is roughly four kilometers away from the center of the Polish city Lublin. It was established in October 1941 as a prisoner-of-war camp. In February 1943, it was turned into a concentration camp.
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- Wikipedia: Majdanek Contains brief overview of the camp.
- Majdanek (Poland) Contains history of the camp, with a couple pictures.
- Majdanek: Nazi Extermination Camp Tour the camp, plus details of the gas chamber, crematorium, and about the liberation.
- In the Middle of Europe Pictures and history of the camp.
- Majdanek History of the camp, plus pictures of the room of shoes and the hill of ashes.
- Communique of the Polish-Soviet Extraordinary Commission for Investigating the Crimes Committed by the Germans in the Majdanek Extermination Camp in Lublin Report detailing the categories of prisoners in the camp, the tortures practiced, the shooting of prisoners, and asphyxiation by gas.
- Jewish Virtual Library: Majdanek History of the camp, plus a comparison to the modern day.
- The Leuchter Report: Majdanek Contains revisionist theory about how many people were exterminated at the camp.
- State Museum at Majdanek Information about the museum, archives and collections.
- Virtual Reality Movies: Majdanek Contains several movies with short descriptions.
- Majdanek: An Overview Learn about the layout and construction of the Nazi's second largest concentration camp.