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German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek

Majdanek was a Nazi concentration and extermination camp built and operated by the SS on the outskirts of the city of during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.
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  • Type: Museum
  • 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”, “Majdanek concentration camp”, and “Majdanek death camp”
  • Address: Droga Męczenników Majdanka, Lublin
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Majdanek State Museum and Monument to Struggle and Martymdom - Gate-monument.

Museum
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The 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 , Poland. is situated 610 metres northeast of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

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is situated 520 metres northeast of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

Church
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is situated 1½ km northwest of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abramowice Prywatne and Lublin Old Town.

Village
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in eastern Poland. is situated 2½ km southeast of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

Suburb
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is the historic town center of , , 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. is situated 3½ km northwest of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in eastern Poland. is situated 4½ km southeast of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek.

German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek

Latitude
51.22167° or 51° 13′ 18″ north
Longitude
22.59976° or 22° 35′ 59″ east
Open location code
9G346HCX+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40050796
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q160135
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Majdanek” 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: “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: “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: “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 nazistowski obóz koncentracyjny 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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