Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp
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Operational period: 1941–1944.
Background
Majdanek (or Lublin) 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. It had three gas chambers, two wooden gallows, and some 227 structures in all, placing it among the largest of Nazi concentration camps. Although initially intended for forced labor rather than extermination, it was used to murder an estimated 78,000 people during Operation Reinhard, the German plan to murder all Polish Jews within their own occupied homeland. In operation from October 1, 1941, to July 22, 1944, it was captured nearly intact. The rapid advance of the Soviet Red Army during Operation Bagration prevented the SS from destroying most of its infrastructure, and Deputy Camp Commandant Anton Thernes failed to remove the most incriminating evidence of war crimes. The camp was nicknamed Majdanek ("little Majdan") in 1941 by local residents, as it was adjacent to the Lublin Ghetto of Majdan Tatarski.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1941
Closed 1944
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1941
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Heinz Stalp1913–1944 · Kapo
Roman Archutowski1882–1943 · scientist- Jan Nosek1899–1944 · lawyer
- Izrael Eizenberg1915 · electromechanic
- StanisÅaw SumiÅski1891–1943 · journalist
Halina Cetnarowicz1916–2005 · physician- Johann Bartmann1902
- Walter Molle1909 · joiner
Showing 9 of 12. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q160135)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lublin-majdanek-concentration-camp
"Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lublin-majdanek-concentration-camp.
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