Majdanek concentration camp

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Majdanek_concentration_camp

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	concentration camp
gptkbp:area	2.7 km²
gptkbp:coordinates	51.2225°N 22.6061°E
gptkbp:hasCrematoria	yes
gptkbp:hasExhibit	gptkb:State_Museum_at_Majdanek
gptkbp:hasGasChambers	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Majdanek concentration camp
gptkbp:liberatedBy	gptkb:Red_Army July 23, 1944
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Lublin,_Poland
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Monument_to_Struggle_and_Martyrdom Mausoleum with ashes of victims
gptkbp:memorialEstablished	1944
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Anton_Thernes gptkb:Arthur_Hermann_Florstedt gptkb:Karl_Otto_Koch gptkb:Martin_Gottfried_Weiss gptkb:Max_Koegel
gptkbp:notableEvent	evidence of mass murder discovered by Soviets first major Nazi camp liberated by Allies
gptkbp:notableFeature	watchtowers barbed wire fences guard posts preserved crematoria preserved gas chambers
gptkbp:notableSurvivor	gptkb:Halina_Birenbaum gptkb:Rena_Kornreich_Gelissen
gptkbp:numberOfBaracks	over 20
gptkbp:numberOfJewishVictims	approximately 59,000
gptkbp:numberOfPrisoners	over 150,000
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:SS-Totenkopfverbände
gptkbp:operationalPeriod	July 1944 October 1941
gptkbp:originalPlannedCapacity	250,000 prisoners
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Holocaust gptkb:Operation_Reinhard
gptkbp:purpose	forced labor extermination prisoner transit
gptkbp:status	gptkb:museum
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list	yes
gptkbp:usedFor	detention of Jews detention of political prisoners detention of Poles detention of Roma detention of Soviet POWs detention of other groups
gptkbp:victim	approximately 78,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Holocaust gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4