History in the Background
A series of short clips in which we analyse the archival photographs from the time of the camp’s functioning and the first years of the Museum.
The establishment of the ghetto at Majdan Tatarski and the first selection among Jews in KL Lublin
In late April, 1942, the Germans created “the model ghetto” at Majdan Tatarski – a suburban industrial district of Lublin. The functioning of the second closed quarter established in the city was inextricably connected with another nearby facility – the Majdanek concentration camp.
Femininity in the torrid time
Women’s barracks were of better quality in comparison to the stable-type barracks at fields III and IV that didn’t even have any windows. Nevertheless, the female prisoners of Majdanek were quartered in very harsh conditions.