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A report on the activities of the State Museum at Majdanek and its branches in 2013 has already been published. On 48 pages, there is information about, among other things, the most important events, investments and educational projects.

Due to deteriorating weather conditions, please postpone your visit to the Museum. Heavy snow falls resulted also in some limitations in visiting he Monument at the Museum - Memorial Site in Bełżec.

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As part of the cooperation between the State Museum at Majdanek and the Faculty of History of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, educational workshops for history students were held on January 15, 2014.

Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku organizuje kurs na przewodnika muzealnego dla studentek i studentów. Osoby, które pomyślnie przejdą proces rekrutacji i wszystkie etapy szkolenia mogą liczyć na współpracę z Muzeum.

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In 2013, the visitor no. 10,000,000 came to the State Museum at Majdanek. These are mainly the authenticity of the preserved post-camp buildings and the site which provokes to reflection that attract visitors from around the world.

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The Museum completed renovation works in more than a dozen of historical buildings. 9 barracks and 10 sentry towers have been restored.

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Today director of the State Museum at Majdanek, Dr. Tomasz Kranz, and dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof. Robert Litwiński, signed a letter of intent concerning joint initiatives. – This act can be seen as a symbol and confirmation of cooperation that has been developing since a few years – said Tomasz Kranz during the meeting.

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On December 7-13, for the sixth time, a seminar for Ukrainian teachers entitled “Holocaust in Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland,” has been organized by the State Museum at Majdanek and Ukrainian Centre for Holocaust Studies in Kyiv. As part of the project, study visits to the State Museum at Majdanek, Museum of the Former Death Camp in Sobibór, and Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec took place.

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On November 25-26, students from theMagdeburg-Stendal University ofApplied Sciences took part in educational classes devoted to the German policy in the occupied Lublin District in 1939-1944. In the first part of the project, the participants visited the open-air exhibition at the State Museum at Majdanek and had a chance to independently deepen their knowledge about the history of the concentration camp in Lublin. They made use of historical studies and source materials, including accounts by former prisoners, biographies of the perpetrators, and archival records.

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         On November 27, 2013, young people from the Complex of Schools No. 6 and Lower Secondary School in Lubycza Królewska, as well as from the Complex of Vocational Schools and the 2nd Secondary School in Włodawa took part in a project aiming at commemoration of the victims of German death camps.
 

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The last stage of renovating roads, pathways, and car parks has already finished at the State Museum at Majdanek. These works were a key part of the programme of modernizing the institution started in 2007.

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The Museum completed works relatedto the improvement of the infrastructure for visitors and aesthetic qualities of the Museum buildings.

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On November 13, 2013, young people from the Volunteer Centre of Zamość joined the opportunity to learn about the history of the Bełżec death camp with some action in favour of the memorial site.

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On November 6, 2013, the promotion of the book issued by the Museum at Majdanek entitled “Museum Education in Poland. Aspects, Contexts, Perspectives,” ed. Wiesław Wysok and Andrzej Stępnik washeld in the Museum of Warsaw Rising.

The State Museum at Majdanek invites to the promotion of the book issued to mark the 70th anniversary of action “Erntefest.” It is entitled „Krwawa środa. 3 listopada 1943 w pamięci świadków” [Bloody Wednesday. November 3, 1943, in the Memory of the Witnesses], selected and edited by Beata Siwek-Ciupak and Kamila Czuryszkiewicz. The promotion will be held in the Łopaciński Voivodship Libraryon November 7 at 5 p.m.

Books related to the history of Majdanek have been published under the imprint of the State Museum at Majdanek, including outline of its outline and an anthology of accounts by witnesses of the mass execution of November 3, 1943. On sale is also a publication on the museum education.

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On October 31, 2013, Desi Rinpoche visited the Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec. He used to be a private secretary of the 14th Dalai Lama. At present he is teaching in Poland.

The State Museum at Majdanek invites to the promotion of the book issued to mark the 70th anniversary of action “Erntefest.” It is entitled „Krwawa środa. 3 listopada 1943 w pamięci świadków” [Bloody Wednesday. October 3, 1943, in the Memory of the Witnesses], selected and edited by Beata Siwek-Ciupak and Kamila Czuryszkiewicz. The promotion will be held in the Łopaciński Voivodship Libraryon November 7 at 5 p.m.

Starting from November 1, opening hours of the State Museum at Majdanek and Museum of the Former Death Camp in Sobibór are changed. In the winter season, part of the museum exhibition is also closed.

Due to restoration works, the Visitor Servicer Centre will be closed on January 25-26. The renovation will be completed on January 27. On that day the commemoration ofthe International Holocaust Remembrance Day will take place in the Visitor Service Centre.

We apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.

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On November 3, the 70th anniversary of operation "Erntefest” was observed that was the biggest execution by firing squad in the history of the German concentration camps, known as Bloody Wednesday. It resulted in death of over 18 thousand Jews. Tribute to the murdered was paidat the foot of the obelisk next to the Mausoleum.

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The State Museum at Majdanek and the Museum of Warsaw Rising invite to the promotion of the book issued by the Museum at Majdanek entitled “Museum Education in Poland. Aspects, Contexts, Perspectives,” ed. Wiesław Wysok and Andrzej Stępnik. It will be held in the Museum of Warsaw Rising on November 6, 2013, at 5 p.m.

Przypominamy, że1 listopadaCentrum Obsługi Zwiedzających, wystawa, bramy III polaoraz wszystkieobiekty historyczne będą zamknięte.Aby ułatwić dotarcie do pobliskiego cmentarza komunalnego, Muzeum umożliwiaprzejście przez teren oraz skorzystanie z parkingów.

On September 16, the next stage of renovating roads and pavements starts at the State Museum at Majdanek. The works will be carried out in the section of the road and pavements leading from the intersection near barracks no. 38 (in the shape of L letter) to the Mausoleum. The renovation works are to be over in the middle of November.