Varia.Magazine

In October 1944, just three months after the liquidation of the Majdanek German Nazi concentration camp, a Museum was established on its former grounds. It was the world’s first Memorial dedicated to the victims of World War II.

Ever since then the State Museum at Majdanek has been ceaselessly cultivating the memory of the prisoners that were detained at the camp. It is done through a diverse activity in the fields of exhibitions, education, research, and through our everyday care exerted over the tangible remnants of the camp. Today it is Europe’s only institution that encompasses three memorials located on the former German death camp sites.

On our 80th jubilee, we want to look into the past, analyse our previous endeavours, to recall the Museum’s difficult beginnings affected by the wartime and post-wartime tides. We also wish to share our plans for the future. That is why the latest issue of our Varia magazine includes topics that tackle the Museum’s heritage, its history, internal changes held throughout its functioning, challenges we have faced, as well as the projects that we are planning for the forthcoming years.