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Reflections and Discussions on History, Education, and Memory

“Trains of Death – Railway Transports to German Extermination Camps. Current Knowledge and Research Proposals”

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of German Nazi Concentration Camps and Extermination Camps

Anniversary of the establishment and operation of the Museum and Memorial Site in Bełżec.

Educational conference “Bełżec. The first center of immediate extermination established as part of Operation ‘Reinhardt’.

In April and May the staff of the State Museum at Majdanek went on study tours at the key museums and education centres of Amsterdam and Berlin. The aim of their networking visit was to learn about the activities and programmes of foreign historical museums and to exchange ideas and experiences with diverse museum professionals.

In order to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War II ending in Europe, we share our latest publication prepared for Polish and foreign teachers.

80 years ago, on 8 May 1945, World War II ended. Or maybe – to paraphrase dr Zygmunt Klukowski, who is cited in one of the published essays – we entered the 86th year of war in January 2025?

“Memory Unites Us” – commemorative activities marking the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

On 23-28 March 2025 the State Museum at Majdanek with its branches in Bełżec and Sobibór hosted an international exchange for the youth from Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands.

National Day of Remembrance of Poles who rescued Jews under German occupation.

83rd anniversary of the first deportations of Jews to the extermination camp in Bełżec

Commemorations of the European Day of Remembrance of the Righteous