Four rare photographs - the liberation of the Majdanek camp - July 1944

Four rare photographs - the liberation of the Majdanek camp - July 1944

Four rare photographs taken at the time of the liberation of the Majdanek camp - inmates in serious physical condition are supported by nurses who were sent to the camp to care for the survivors, the crematorium, a pit containing human skeletons. The photographs are depicted handwritten on the back and date  - July 1944 - The month the camp was liberated.

The Majdanek concentration camp was the first German camp to be established in Polish territory during World War II on October 1, 1941 by order of Heinrich Himmler, which soon became an extermination camp. Between April 1942 and July 1944, extermination took place in Majdanek in gas chambers and crematoria. The victims were murdered upon arrival at the camp. The death toll is estimated at 200,000. The number of Jews who perished in the camp is currently estimated at 80,000. The camp was disbanded in July 1944 as part of Operation 1005, but was only partially destroyed by the time the Red Army arrived. Although 1,000 prisoners were taken from him on a death march, the Red Army found thousands of prisoners still remaining in the camp and plenty of evidence of the mass murder carried out there, including gas chambers, crematoria and storage and living huts.

Same size: 18x13 cm. Very good condition.