Majdanek concentration camp
Majdanek 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned camp
- Description: Nazi concentration and extermination camp near Lublin in eastern Poland
- Also known as: “KL Lublin”, “KZ Lublin”, “KZ Majdanek”, “little Majdan”, “Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp”, “Majdan Tatarski”, and “Majdanek death camp”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Majdanek State Museum and Monument to Struggle and Martymdom - Gate-monument.
Majdanek State Museum
Museum
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The Majdanek State Museum is a memorial museum and education centre founded in the fall of 1944 on the grounds of the Nazi Germany Majdanek death camp located in Lublin, Poland. Majdanek State Museum is situated 300 metres northeast of Majdanek concentration camp.
Monument to Struggle and Martymdom - Gate-monument
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Monument to Struggle and Martymdom - Gate-monument is situated 200 metres northeast of Majdanek concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abramowice Prywatne and Lublin Old Town.
Abramowice Prywatne
Village
Abramowice Prywatne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głusk, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Abramowice Prywatne is situated 2½ km southeast of Majdanek concentration camp.
Lublin Old Town
Suburb
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Lublin Old Town is the historic town center of Lublin, Poland, one of the most significant Polish complexes of historic buildings. The Crown Tribunal and the 14th-century Kraków Gate, leading from the Old Town to the city center, are commonly considered symbols of the city. Lublin Old Town is situated 3½ km northwest of Majdanek concentration camp.
Kalinówka
Village
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Kalinówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Głusk, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Kalinówka is situated 4½ km southeast of Majdanek concentration camp.
Majdanek concentration camp
- Categories: military museum, extermination camp, Nazi concentration camp, and architectural heritage monument
- Location: Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Majdanek concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معسكر الاعتقال مايدانيك”
- Armenian: “Մայդանեկ”
- Azerbaijani: “Maydanek həbs düşərgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Майданек”
- Belarusian: “Майданэк”
- Bulgarian: “Майданек”
- Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Majdanek”
- Catalan: “Majdanek”
- Central Kurdish: “کەمپی مایدانێک”
- Chinese: “迈丹尼克集中营”
- Chinese: “馬伊達內克滅絕營”
- Chinese: “马伊达内克集中营”
- Croatian: “KL Majdanek”
- Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Lubin”
- Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Majdanek”
- Croatian: “Logor Majdanek”
- Czech: “KGL Lublin”
- Czech: “KL Lublin”
- Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Lublin”
- Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Majdanek”
- Czech: “Konzentrationslager Lublin”
- Czech: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Czech: “Majdanek”
- Danish: “Koncentrationslejr Lublin”
- Danish: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Danish: “Maidanek”
- Danish: “Majdanek koncentrationslejr”
- Danish: “Majdanek”
- Dutch: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Dutch: “Madjanek”
- Dutch: “Majdanek”
- Esperanto: “Konzentrationslager Lublin”
- Esperanto: “Majdanek”
- Finnish: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Finnish: “Maidanek”
- Finnish: “Maidanekin keskitysleiri”
- Finnish: “Majdanek”
- Finnish: “Majdanekin keskitysleiri”
- French: “camp d’extermination de Majdanek”
- French: “Camp d’extermination de Majdanek”
- French: “Camp de Majdanek”
- French: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- French: “Maidanek”
- French: “Maïdanek”
- French: “Majdanek”
- German: “K.L. Lublin”
- German: “KL Lublin”
- German: “KL Majdanek”
- German: “Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager Lublin-Majdanek”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Lublin”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- German: “Kriegsgefangenenlager der Waffen-SS Lublin”
- German: “Kriegsgefangenenlager Lublin”
- German: “KZ Lublin”
- German: “KZ Majdanek”
- German: “Majdanek”
- German: “Vernichtungslager Lublin”
- German: “Vernichtungslager Majdanek”
- Greek: “Μάζντανεκ”
- Greek: “Μαϊντάνεκ”
- Greek: “Στρατόπεδο εξόντωσης Μαϊντάνεκ”
- Hebrew: “מאידנק”
- Hebrew: “מידנק”
- Hebrew: “מיידאנק”
- Hebrew: “מיידנק”
- Hungarian: “majdaneki koncentrációs tábor”
- Hungarian: “Majdaneki koncentrációs tábor”
- Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Majdanek”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Majdanek”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Majdanek”
- Italian: “Campo di sterminio di Majdanek”
- Italian: “Majdanek”
- Italian: “Majdenek”
- Japanese: “マイダネク”
- Japanese: “マイダネク強制収容所”
- Japanese: “マイダネック”
- Japanese: “ルブリン強制収容所”
- Kirghiz: “Майданек”
- Korean: “마이다네크 강제 수용소”
- Lithuanian: “Majdanekas”
- Macedonian: “Мајданек”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konzentrationslager Lublin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Majdanek”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Majdanek”
- Norwegian: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Norwegian: “Majdanek”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Camp de Majdanek”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری مایدانک”
- Persian: “اردوگاه مرگ ماجدانک”
- Polish: “KL Lublin”
- Polish: “Konzentrationslager Lublin”
- Polish: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Polish: “Lublin”
- Polish: “Majdanek”
- Polish: “Niemiecki obóz koncentracyjny w Lublinie, tzw. Majdanek, ob. muzeum”
- Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Majdanek”
- Portuguese: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Portuguese: “Maidanek”
- Portuguese: “Majdanek”
- Romanian: “Lagărul de exterminare Majdanek”
- Russian: “Майданек”
- Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Majdanek”
- Serbian: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Мајданек”
- Serbian: “Логор Мајданек”
- Serbian: “Логор смрти Мајданек”
- Serbian: “Мајдан”
- Serbian: “Мајданек”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Majdanek”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Majdanek”
- Slovak: “Koncentračný tábor Majdanek”
- Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Lublin-Majdanek”
- Slovenian: “Koncentracijsko taborišče Majdanek”
- Slovenian: “KZ Majdanek”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Majdanek”
- Spanish: “Konzentrationslager Majdanek”
- Spanish: “Majdanek”
- Swedish: “Majdanek”
- Thai: “ค่ายกักกันไมดาแนก”
- Turkish: “Majdanek toplama kampı”
- Turkish: “Majdanek Toplama Kampı”
- Turkish: “Majdanek”
- Ukrainian: “Концентраційний табір Майданек”
- Ukrainian: “Майданек”
- Ukrainian: “Майда́нек”
- Uzbek: “Maydanek”
- Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Majdanek”
- Welsh: “Majdanek concentration camp”
- Western Frisian: “Majdanek”
- Yiddish: “מיידאנעק”
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