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State Museum at Majdanek – easy to read text

The Mausoleum monument seen from the Road of Tribute and Remembrance

What is the State Museum at Majdanek?

State Museum at Majdanek is a memorial site.

The Museum is located in Lublin, Poland.

The Museum was created on the grounds of the German Nazi concentration camp.

Germans called the camp KL Lublin. People also called it Majdanek.

The camp operated during World War II, between 1941 and 1944.

Many people were imprisoned, forced to hard work, and murdered in the camp.

Most victims were Jews, Poles, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Russians and prisoners of other nationalities.

130,000 people were imprisoned in the camp. 80,000 people were murdered by the Germans.

The site of the former concentration camp at Majdanek, a green area and twenty-four wooden post-camp buildings, the dome of the Mausoleum

What can I see in the Museum?

In the Museum you can see:

Barracks where the prisoners lived

Guard towers and barbed-wire fences

Gas chambers and crematorium

Camp objects like prisoner clothes, victims’ shoes, documents

Gate-Monument and Mausoleum with the victims’ ashes

Drone photo, Mausoleum monument, dome covered with patina, guard tower next to it, green spaces all around

Why is the State Museum at Majdanek important?

The museum is important because:

It helps remember the victims of World War II.

It teaches history to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

It pays respect and promotes compassion to those who suffered.

The interior of the exhibition, glass display cases, historical information on boards, in the foreground in the display case a striped dress and a white headscarf, in the background a stone sculpture, a turtle.

Who can visit the Museum?

Everyone who is at least 14 can visit the Museum.

The admission is free.

You can buy guidebooks and book museum workshops for children and adults.

In the Visitor Service Centre building there is a bookstore, restrooms, and a vending machine with water.

The Museum wants everyone to feel safe and calm in its spaces.

building wall covered with a mural: 1944, with a tree in the background and an outdoor exhibition

Important information:

Address: Droga Męczenników Majdanka 67 Street, 20-325 Lublin, Poland

Opening hours: you can enter the Museum grounds between 9:00 and 15:00 from Tuesday to Sunday.

Phone number: (+48) 81 710 28 33.