Liberation of Majdanek concentration camp

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:date July 22, 1944
gptkbp:evidence gas chambers
crematoria
mass graves
prisoner barracks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liberation of Majdanek concentration camp
gptkbp:impact increased awareness of the Holocaust
gptkbp:liberatedBy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lublin,_Poland
gptkb:Majdanek_concentration_camp
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international press
gptkbp:numberOfPrisoners about 1,000
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Bagration
gptkbp:result exposure of Nazi atrocities
liberation of prisoners
gptkbp:significance first major Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allied forces
gptkbp:witnessedBy gptkb:Soviet_war_correspondents
Western journalists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1945_in_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6