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Liberation of Lublin-Majdanek

View of the crematoria ovens at Majdanek with piles of bones in front of them. This photograph was taken following the liberation of the camp. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Panstwowe Muzeum na Majdanku Read more about this photograph
July 23, 1944
Soviet forces liberate the Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp (located three miles east southeast of Lublin) and find fewer than 500 prisoners left in the camp.
The SS evacuated most of the prisoners to concentration camps further west during the spring of 1944. In late July 1944, as Soviet forces approached Lublin, the remaining camp staff hastily abandoned Majdanek, without fully dismantling the camp. Soviet troops first arrived at Majdanek during the night of July 22–23 and captured Lublin on July 24. Captured virtually intact, Majdanek was the first major concentration camp to be liberated. Soviet officials invited journalists to inspect the camp and evidence of the horrors that had occurred there.
Related Topics
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—1944: Key Dates
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Lublin/Majdanek Concentration Camp: Administration
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Lublin/Majdanek Concentration Camp: Conditions
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Key Dates
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Lublin/Majdanek Concentration Camp: Areas of Research
- Holocaust Encyclopedia article—Liberation of Nazi Camps
- Special Focus—Liberation
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