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Majdanek
Majdanek, concentration camp situated on the outskirts of Lublin in Poland. It was built as a prisoner-of-war camp in late 1941 but grew to become the largest Nazi concentration camp after Auschwitz. From August 1942, when it was fitted with gas chambers, until July 1944, when the Red Army reached it, it was a death camp (see OPERATION REINHARD) where about 200,000 people were killed. See also Final Solution.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Majdanek." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Majdanek." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Majdanek.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Majdanek." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Majdanek.html |
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Majdanek
Majdanek or Maidanek , village, Lubelskie prov., SE Poland, a suburb of Lublin. The Germans established and operated a concentration camp there in World War II. An estimated 170,000 to 360,000 persons of 22 nationalities (chiefly Jews, Russians, and Poles) died there. |
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"Majdanek." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Majdanek." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Majdanek.html "Majdanek." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Majdanek.html |
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