History Highlights - State Museum at Majdanek

The establishment of the ghetto at Majdan Tatarski and the first selection among Jews in KL Lublin

A graphic showing the boundaries of the ghetto in Majdan Tatarski against the background of the modern street grid

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

Photograph of items belonging to women – small combs, hair clips, jewelry

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.