Majdanek Museum (@majdanekmuseum.bsky.social)

@majdanekmuseum.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 1:07 PM

16.09.1942|The Germans conudcted the liquidation of the labour camp in Pustków near Dębica. Around 1,800 Jews were deemed “unfit for labour” and deported to the SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec killing centre. Around 200 selected craftsmen were taken to the labour camp in Mielec. #Holocaust

@majdanekmuseum.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 11:44 AM

01.09.1896|Polish Jewish man Albert (Abe) Federgrün was born in Kraków. He lived in Nowy Targ and Kraków, and was a factory and warehouse worker. In August 1942 he was deported from Wieliczka to the German Nazi death camp SS-Sonderkommando Belzec and murdered in the gas chambers.

@majdanekmuseum.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 11:20 AM

01.09.1939|The German forces began the offensive on Poland. On September 17 the Red Army invaded the Polish territory from the east. The joint German-Soviet aggression initiated World War II – the largest military conflict in the history of mankind.

@majdanekmuseum.bsky.social Aug 4, 2026, 1:05 PM

04.08.1942|6,000 Jews from Sambor, Chyrów, Felsztyn, Stary Sambor and Strzyłki were deported to the German Nazi extermination camp SS-Sonderkommando #Belzec. The train briefly stopped in Lviv where 600 deportees were selected for work and taken to the Janowska concentration camp.