- This picture is of the Concentration camp Majdaken the "street" between the barracks. Some of the prisoners can be seen in the background. A quote said about this camp was
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” This quote is talking about the huts that are shown in this picture quote said by Viktor Frankl. This picture is from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.” This quote is talking about the huts that are shown in this picture quote said by Viktor Frankl. This picture is from the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives.
Questions
Where is the camp located?
Near Lublin, Poland
Who was held there?
Halina Birenbaum, Marian Filar, Igor Abramow-Newerly, Israel Gutman, and many more
How many people died there?
1.5 million people
What was life like there?
life was there was very hard like any camp.
How long did the camp exist?
34 months
Who liberated the camp?
Soviet troops captured Lublin and liberated Majdanek on July 24, 1944.
Sites:
"Holocaust: Photograph of a View of the "Street" Between the Barracks at the Majdanek Death Camp." Holocaust: Photograph of a View of the "Street" Between the Barracks at the Majdanek Death Camp. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. <http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/blmajdanek2.htm>.
Soviet troops