Varia. THE HOLOCAUST IN THE EDUCATION OF THE STATE MUSEUM AT MAJDANEK
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Wiesław Wysok, Pedagogy of Remembrance
Anna Wójcik, Holokaustu Maryla’s Diary. An Extraordinary Document of the Holocaust
Jolanta Laskowska, Voices from the Abyss. Prisoners’ Testimonies in Pedagogical Work on the Example of the Diary of Jadwiga Ankiewicz
Paulina Pętal, Oral History as a Source of Education about the Holocaust
Wiesław Wysok, Permanent Exhibition as a Medium of Education about the Holocaust
Aleksandra Szymula, Memory of Objects: Victims’ Stories Hidden in the Museum Exhibits
Tomasz Oleksy-Zborowski, Layers of Memory. Reading the Post-camp Landscape in Sobibór
Ewelina Szumilak, The Monument Complex in Bełżec as a Space for Education and Reflection
Marek Duda, Operation “Reinhardt” in Lublin. Historical Walks Along the Trail of the Mass Extermination of Jews
Varia - Transports of January 1943
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Marta Grudzińska: Transports of Political Prisoners to Majdanek
Nadia Sola-Sałamacha: Camp Admission Process
Anna Wójcik: Prisoner’s Self-Government at Field V of Majdanek
Krzysztof A. Tarkowski: Underground Activities of the Polish Prisoners Deported in January 1943
Beata Siwek-Ciupak: Cultural Life Developed by the Polish Prisoners
Varia. Women of Majdanek
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Łukasz Mrozik: Frauenkonzentrationslager – The Concentration Camp for Women
Anna Wójtowicz, Marek Duda: Jewesses
Marta Grudzińska: Polish Political Prisoners
Anna Wójcik: Women Displaced from the Zamość Region
Beata Siwek-Ciupak: Belarusians
Paulina Pętal, Juvenile Females and Children at Majdanek
Marta Grudzińska: Women’s Infirmary
Nadia Sola-Sałamacha: Prisoner Clothing
Anna Surdacka: “My Cherished Watercolours”
Wojciech Lenarczyk: Female SS-Overseers
Aleksandra Skrabek: Women’s Camp Accounts & Diaries
Varia. Einsatz Reinhardt
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Tomasz Kranz, “Einsatz Reinhardt”– the Codename of the Holocaust in the General Government
Dariusz Libionka, The Course and Victims of Operation “Reinhardt”
Jakub Chmielewski, Lublin as a Logistics Centre for the Extermination of Jews from the General Government
Wojciech Lenarczyk, Flugplatz – the Transhipment Station of “Einsatz Reinhardt”
Tomasz Kranz, Majdanek in Operation “Reinhardt”
Tomasz Hanejko, SS-Sonderkommando Belzec
Tomasz Oleksy-Zborowski, SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor
Edward Kopówka, SS-Sonderkommando Treblinka
Bibliography
Documents
Maps
Varia. magazine no 008
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Note from the Editor, The new Monograph of the Majdanek Camp
Beata Siwek-Ciupak, Red Army Soldiers, Belarusians, and Ukrainians – the Eastern Deportees at Majdanek
Marta Grudzińska, The Polish Prisoners of Majdanek
Jakub Chmielewski, Jews in KL Lublin
Wojciech Lenarczyk, The Prisoners from Western and Southern Europe
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Majdanek. The German Nazi ConcentrationCamp in Lublin – Between the Plans and Their Realisation
Anna Wójcik, To Live with a Death Sentence – the Story of Helena Pawluk
Majdanek in 1941 – a Selection of Testimonies, ed. by Łukasz Mrozik
Varia. magazine no 007
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Bolesław Burski, Fragment of an account
Marek Duda, Tomorrow will be better. Episode 6, Educational activities at Majdanek
Irena Marszałek, Fragment of an account
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Evacuation. Episode 6, Transport to Auschwitz from April 13, 1944
Jerzy Kwiatkowski, Fragment of an account
Anna Wójtowicz, Love behind the wires of Majdanek. Episode 7, Letters filled with love. The story of Teodozja and Henryk Wieliczański
Beata Siwek-Ciupak, Escapes. Episode 6, ‘We shall go straight for the barbed wires’
Janina Raus, Fragment of an account
Łukasz Mrozik, Blessed Father Emilian Kowcz
Tomasz Oleksy-Zborowski, Educational activities of the Museum and Memorial in Sobibór – summary
Holocaust testimonies Part 6, ed. by Dominika Pasieczna, Ewelina Szumilak
Varia. magazine no 006
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Aleksandra Szymula, Dutch brooch from the Sobibór collection
Anna Wójtowicz, Tomorrow will be better Singing Malina
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Soviet NKVD Filtration Camp at Majdanek
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind Sculptures created in KL Lublin in 1943 Lizard
Anna Surdacka, The KL Lublin prisoner clothing from the Collections of the State Museum at Majdanek
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Escapes Episode 5 To freedom by car
Tomasz Hanejko, Wirtówka. The headquarters of the Bełżec Extermination Camp
Varia. Special issue
Undoubtedly, opening to visitors the men’s and women’s bathhouse, along with the building of gas chambers, following their conservation and renovation, was our most important undertaking of the first half of 2021. The newest issue of “Varia” magazine is devoted to them. Enjoy your reading!
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Beata Siwek-Ciupak, The men's bathhouse and the gas chamber bunker
Anna Wójtowicz, “That Bad was a nightmare ...”. The barracks of the women’s bathhouse in the German concentration camp at Majdanek – history and functions
Anna Alberska, Preservation and restoration of the bathhouse barracks and the gas chambers
Marta Jabłońska, Archaeological discoveries made during preservation work
Krzysztof A. Tarkowski, Selection of the testimonies related to barracks nos. 41 and 42
Varia. magazyn no 005
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Jakub Chmielewski, The establishment of the ghetto at Majdan Tatarski and the first selection among the Jews in KL Lublin
Anna Wójcik, Until death do us part... The fate of the Jewish Kral family from Vienna
Aleksandra Szymula, Children's Tags
Katarzyna Boraca, English-language edition of “485 Days At Majdanek” by Jerzy Kwiatkowski
Anna Wójtowicz, Tommorow will be better, Episode 4, The last Lent Retreat of Roman Archutowski, the blessed priest from Majdanek
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Evacuation, Episode 4. Transport to Gross-Rosen – the prisoners
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind. Sculptures created in KL Lublin in 1943. The Little Castle
Holocaust testimonies part 5, ed. by Dominika Natyna, Ewelina Szumilak
Varia. highlights 2020
Polish-English issue of “Varia” magazine summarizes the activities of the State Museum at Majdanek in 2020.
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On the new exhibition at the Museum and Memorial in Sobibór and the activities of the State Museum at Majdanek Aleksandra Skrabek talks to Tomasz Kranz, the director of the State Museum at Majdanek
Aleksandra Skrabek, Permanent exhibition in Sobibór
Grzegorz Plewik, Preservation and restoration of the men's bathhouse barracks and the gas chambers
Katarzyna Boraca, Accessibility of the State Museum at Majdanek
Agnieszka Kowalczyk-Nowak, Virtual museum – on-line activities in 2020
Anna Surdacka, Works on securing the Museum collections
Anna Wójcik, New archival materials in the Museum collections
Jolanta Laskowska, The only such Journal…
VARIA. MAGAZINE NO 004
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Jerzy Kwiatkowski Christmas Eve, 1943
Smuggled note from Wanda Albrecht
Krzysztof Tarkowski, “Sahara”. The Home Army intelligence at Majdanek. Episode 3 The Extraction
Anna Wójtowicz, Love behind the wires of Majdanek. Episode 4 The story of Danuta Brzosko and Andrzej Czaykowski
Smuggled note from Wiesława Grzegorzewska
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Evacuation. Episode 3, 43 carriages to Gross-Rosen
Marek Duda, Escapes. Episode 4 The unsuccessful escape from the evacuation transport
Stefania Perzanowska, Christmas Star for the prisoners
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind. Sculptures created in KL Lublin in 1943. Rooster Shrine
Robert Kuwałek, Lea from Sobibór
Smuggled note from Witold Kołodko
Bolesław Burski, Christmas at the Camp
Ed. by Dominika Natyna, Ewelina Szumilak Holocaust testimonies, pt. 4
Varia. Special issue
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Introduction, Jarosław Sellin (Chairman of the International Steering Committee for the establishment of the new Museum – Memorial in the former German Nazi extermination camp in Sobibór)
Notes from the members of the International Steering Committee: Avner Shalev (Israel), Barbara Illkova (Slovakia), Ernst Steigenga (the Netherlands)
Tomasz Oleksy-Zborowski, Commencement of mass deportations to the German death camp in Sobibór
Tomasz Kranz, Sobibór railway station 1942–1943
Jakub Chmielewski, Uprising of the prisoners of the SS-Sonderkommando Sobibor
Tomasz Kranz, Commemoration of the murdered. Monument from 1965 in honour of the victims of the camp
Aleksandra Szymula, Sobibór collection. Objects found at the crime scene
Tomasz Kranz, Permanent exhibition of the Museum and Memorial in Sobibór
Exhibition outline
Varia. Magazine no 003
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Jakub Chmielewski, The Extermination of Jews deported from Breslau to the Lublin region.
Jolanta Laskowska, The only such Journal…
Dorota Niedziałkowska, The Gardener of Field III
Anna Wójtowicz, Love behind the wires of Majdanek. Episode 3. The story of Alicja and Konrad Kozera.
Marek Duda, Escapes. Episode 3. The escape from Flugplatz.
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind. Sculptures created in KL Lublin in 1943, The Column of Three Eagles.
ed. by Dominika Natyna, Ewelina Szumilak, Holocaust testimonies part 3
Varia. magazine no 002
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Tomasz Kranz, 55 years ago a monument in Sobibór was built
Tomasz Kranz, Sobibór railway station 1942–1943
Aleksandra Szymula, Sobibór collection in the State Museum at Majdanek
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Sahara. The Home Army intelligence at Majdanek. Episode 2, The Hiding
Beata Siwek-Ciupak, Escapes. Episode 2, The great escape from KL Lublin
Jolanta Laskowska, Museum for teachers – historical education online Perpetrators – ordinary people or fanatical murderers? An attempt to explain their motives
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Evacuation. Episode 2, Transport to Gross-Rosen
Anna Wójtowicz, Tommorow will be better. Episode 2, The extraordinary life of Danuta Brzosko-Mędryk – the first speaker of Radio Majdanek
Anna Wójtowicz, Love behind the wires of Majdanek. Episode 2, The story of marriage between Wiesława and Adam Nowosławski
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind – 1943 Majdanek sculptures, Turtle
Holocaust testimonies part 2, ed. by Dominika Natyna, Ewelina Szumilak
Varia. magazine no 001
Additionally, to celebrate the International Museum Day 2020 together with you, we are presenting the first volume of a new online historical magazine by the State Museum at Majdanek.
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Jakub Chmielewski, Liquidation of the getto in Podzamcze in Lublin
Krzysztof Tarkowski, “Sahara”. The Home Army intelligence at Majdanek. Episode 1: Mysterious woman
Anna Wójtowicz, Love behind the wires od Majdanek. Episode 1: The Love Story of Ewa Walecka and Edward Laskus
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Evacuation. Episode 1: First transports
Marek Duda, Escapes. Episode 1. Unexpected help
Anna Wójtowicz, “Tomorrow will be better”. Episode 1: Radio Majdanek
Tomasz Oleksy-Zborowski, 78th anniversary of the commencement of mass deportations to the German Nazi death camp in Sobibór
Agata Kasjan, One of a kind. Sculptures created in KL Lublin in 1943. Episode 1: The frog
Aleksandra Szymula, Femininity in the torrid time
Anna Wójcik, Bolesław Burski aka. Jasieńczyk – unknown history
Krzysztof Tarkowski, Air Raids. Episode 1: The Prelude
Holocaust testimonies, part 1, ed. by Dominika Natyna, Ewelina Szumilak
