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  • Siegfried Ackermann (1902 - 1942)
    Sterbe: Gedenkbuch: Ackermann, Siegfried born on the 02nd October 1902 in Weyer/Sankt Goarshausen/Hessen-Nassau residing in Weyer / Sankt Goarshausen and in Butzweiler and in Oberlahnstein Intern...
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  • Walter Stern (1914 - 1942)
    Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs: Stern, Walter geboren am 07. März 1914 in Alsfeld/Hessen wohnhaft in Alsfeld und in Frankfurt a. Main (seit 02.09.1940) DEPORTATION 00.00.1941...
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    Vera Neumeyer (born Ephraim) MyHeritage Family Trees Familienseite, managed by Dietmar August Zühlsdorf Birth: Sep 3 1891 - Görlitz, Dresden, Saxony, Germany Parents: Martin Ludwig Ephraim, Ch...

Majdanek Concentration Camp was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. The camp operated from October 1, 1941 until July 22, 1944, when it was captured nearly intact by the advancing Soviet Red Army. Although conceived as a forced labor camp and not as an extermination camp, over 79,000 people died there (59,000 of them Polish Jews) during the 34 months of its operation.

The name 'Majdanek' ("little Majdan") derives from the nearby Majdan Tatarski ("Tatar Maidan") district of Lublin, and was given to the camp in 1941 by the locals, who were aware of its existence. In Nazi documents, and for reasons related to its funding, Majdanek was initially "Prisoner of War Camp of the Waffen-SS in Lublin". It was renamed "Konzentrationslager Lublin" (Concentration Camp Lublin) in February 1943.

Among German Nazi concentration camps, Majdanek was unusual in that it was located near a major city, not hidden away at a remote rural location.

It is also notable as the best-preserved concentration camp of the Holocaust - there had been too little time for the Nazis to destroy the evidence before the Red Army arrived.

El Male Rachamim Holocaust Prayer

Majdanek Concentration Camp was a German Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland, established during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. The camp operated from October 1, 1941 until July 22, 1944, when it was captured nearly intact by the advancing Soviet Red Army. Although conceived as a forced labor camp and not as an extermination camp, over 79,000 people died there (59,000 of them Polish Jews) during the 34 months of its operation.

The name 'Majdanek' ("little Majdan") derives from the nearby Majdan Tatarski ("Tatar Maidan") district of Lublin, and was given to the camp in 1941 by the locals, who were aware of its existence. In Nazi documents, and for reasons related to its funding, Majdanek was initially "Prisoner of War Camp of the Waffen-SS in Lublin". It was renamed "Konzentrationslager Lublin" (Concentration Camp Lublin) in February 1943.

Among German Nazi concentration camps, Majdanek was unusual in that it was located near a major city, not hidden away at a remote rural location.

It is also notable as the best-preserved concentration camp of the Holocaust - there had been too little time for the Nazis to destroy the evidence before the Red Army arrived.

El Moley Rachamim Holocaust Prayer