1 Sep 1941
Poland
Poland
- Alfons Bentele was assigned to Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
1 Oct 1941
Poland
Poland
- Operations began at Majdanek Concentration Camp near Lublin, Poland. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Lublin | CPC]
15 Nov 1941
Poland
Poland
- Erich Mußfeldt was transferred from Auschwitz Concentration Camp to Majdanek Concentration Camp as the chief of the crematorium. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Erich Mußfeldt | Lublin | CPC]
21 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- Jews from the Lublin ghetto in occupied Poland were deported to Belzec, Majdanek, and other concentration camps. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Lublin | CPC]
28 May 1942
Poland
Poland
- Alfons Bentele was transferred away from Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
24 Aug 1942
Poland
Poland
- Karl-Otto Koch stepped down as the commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp in Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Karl-Otto Koch | Lublin | CPC]
9 Apr 1943
Poland
Poland
- The German government re-designated Majdanek from a labor camp to a concentration camp. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Lublin | CPC]
- German officially renamed Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland to Lublin Concentration Camp (Konzentrationslager Lublin). ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
18 Jun 1943
Poland
Poland
- Fritz Ritterbusch was assigned to Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Lublin | CPC]
1 Nov 1943
Poland
Poland
- Martin Gottfried Weiss was named the commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland, succeeding Max Koegel. ww2dbase [Martin Gottfried Weiss | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
21 Jan 1944
Poland
Poland
- 600 prisoners deemed "invalid" were executed by gunfire at Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
23 Jan 1944
Poland
Poland
- 180 prisoners deemed "invalid" were executed by gunfire at Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
24 Mar 1944
Poland
Poland
- 200 prisoners deemed "invalid" were executed by gunfire at Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
5 May 1944
Poland
Poland
- Arthur Liebehenschel was named the commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland, succeeding Martin Gottfried Weiss. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
24 Jun 1944
Photo(s) dated 24 Jun 1944
Photo(s) dated 24 Jun 1944
24 Jul 1944
Poland
Poland
- Majdanek Concentration Camp became the first concentration camp to be liberated by Soviet troops (and the first to be liberated overall). ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Lublin | CPC]
28 Aug 1944
Poland
Poland
- Canadian journalist Raymond Arthur Davies, sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress, visited Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
29 Aug 1944
Poland
Poland
- Canadian journalist Raymond Arthur Davies reported the general figure of one million Majdanek Concentration Camp victims to the Canadian Jewish Congress. He arrived at this estimate only one day after arriving at the camp. Nearly all experts deemed it to be a gross over-estimation. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
30 Nov 1944
Poland
Poland
- Former commandant and guards of Majdanek Concentration Camp were put on trial in Poland. ww2dbase [Majdanek Concentration Camp | Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Lublin | CPC]
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