International Museum Day 2026

On May 16, 2026, the Museum and Memorial Site in Bełżec hosted a thematic walk titled “Bełżec – a landscape that preserves the memory of the Holocaust,” organized on the occasion of the International Museum Day. The event brought together participants interested in the history of the former extermination camp and in reflecting on its presence within the contemporary landscape.

A group of four adults walking along an overgrown, disused railway track under an overcast sky. Stacked timber logs and buildings are visible in the background to the right.

The main part of the program was a guided walk that led participants through key locations connected to the camp’s operation. The route included the former locomotive shed, the railway station, and the site of the former commandant’s headquarters. Along the way, the discussion covered, among other topics, the camp’s infrastructure, the logistics of transports, and the organization of the space used by the perpetrators. Participants had the opportunity to view these places not merely as points on a map, but as elements of a broader system of extermination.

A close-up of a woman's hand pointing at an archival aerial photograph captioned "XII.1944, skala 1:13000". She is holding a black clipboard with documents, with the legs of other people standing nearby visible in the background.