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]
30 Sep 1941
Photo(s) dated 30 Sep 1941
Photo(s) dated 30 Sep 1941
1 Oct 1941
Poland
Poland
- Operations began at Majdanek Concentration Camp near Lublin, Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | 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]
1 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- Construction for Sobibór Concentration Camp in occupied Poland began. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, Lublin | CPC]
13 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- In Poland, The Belzec Concentration Camp opened for operation with a transport of 6,000 Jews from Mielec, Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
16 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- Belzec Concentration Camp was established in occupied Poland for the purpose of holding and exterminating Jews from Lublin and Galicia. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
17 Mar 1942
Poland
Poland
- In Aktion Reinhard, Jews from Lublin, Poland were sent to the nearby Belzec concentration camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Belzec Concentration Camp | Belzec, Lublin | CPC]
- Sobibór concentration camp in occupied Poland conducted its first experimental gassing. Between 30 to 40 Jewish women from the Krychów forced labor camp were killed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, 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 Apr 1942
Poland
Poland
- SS-Obersturmführer Franz Stangl was named the first commandant of Sobibór concentration camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, Lublin | CPC]
11 May 1942
Poland
Poland
- Amon Göth ordered the Jewish council of Szczebrzeszyn, Poland to pay 2,000 zloty and 3 kilograms of coffee as payment for the cost of the ammunition that would soon be used to execute the local Jewish people. ww2dbase [Amon Göth | Szczebrzeszyn, Lublin | CPC]
16 May 1942
Poland
Poland
- Sobibór concentration camp in occupied Poland was deemed fully operational. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, 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]
1 Sep 1942
Poland
Poland
- SS-Obersturmführer Franz Reichleitner was named the commandant of Sobibór concentration camp in occupied Poland, replacing Franz Stangl. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, Lublin | CPC]
9 Apr 1943
Poland
Poland
- The German government re-designated Majdanek from a labor camp to a concentration camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | 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 [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
14 Oct 1943
Poland
Poland
- Prisoners at Sobibór concentration camp in occupied Poland, led by Byelorussian Jew Alexander Pechersky, killed 11 SS officers and seized the armory. 158 prisoners were killed during this action. Of those who succeeded in escaping, 53 were killed outside the camp, and 107 were captured and executed. Only 58 avoided capture; many of them would join partisan units. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sobibór Concentration Camp | Sobibór, 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 [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Martin Gottfried Weiss | 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 [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
- As Soviet units crossed the River San north of Lublin, Poland, German troops began evacuating that city. ww2dbase [Operation Bagration | Lublin | TH]
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 [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
3 Dec 1944
Poland
Poland
- Anton Thernes, former deputy commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp, and two camp administrations were executed by hanging. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
26 Jun 1946
Poland
Poland
- Max Koegel, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, was arrested. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
27 Jun 1946
Poland
Poland
- Max Koegel, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, committed suicide while in captivity. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
28 Jan 1948
Poland
Poland
- Arthur Liebehenschel, former Majdanek Concentration Camp commandant, was executed by hanging. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
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