The State Museum of Majdanek in Lublin

A must visit place. Take time to soak up the place and reflect.

Great history of the second world war, unfortunately the other wars still remain...and jabs killing in millions 🤨

What an experience the place is really well conserved and it gives you chills while you there definetly worth visiting

Unfortunately the museum was closed, but the visual impact of the camp truly fills one with awe in the true sense of the word. It is hard to equate the immaculately laid out and preserved buildings with what happened there.

I appreciate the idea of memorial.The area is much bigger than i expected. Just overwhelming.

Must see place in order these kind of places never erected in our future history.

Am amazing historical place to visit. The exhibits were all well done.

Awesome place to visit, free entrance

Enjoyed but sadness was in its high level. I saw each frame of "The Boy in the Striped Pijamas" everywhere...

Would recommend a thousand times over auschwitz.

A stark reminder of what humans can do to one another. I recommend a visit by everyone even just to shed some perspective on modern day problems.Very informative exhibits explain exactly what happened there.

Had a lot to learn

Highly recommend. We have to remember about History like that.Museum is free, only 5 zł for parking spot. There is an opportunity of drive between main point locations in death camp.

All the museums and exhibitions were available in English also so it was a positive point. Although very sad, this place taught me a lot about those concentration camps. It almost takes 4 hours to visit the whole museum and try to visit it in a rather sunny day! It gets cold and windy in winter days.

Very impactful and of course historic. From November it closes at 16, not 18. And last admission would be at 15. There is English on every sign and information board. A map can be bought for 3pln at the visitors center but really we didnt need it as even more information is available on plaques and signs inside. Easy to get to from the city center on various buses. Of course, lots of walking.

Hilarious , what happened in past it was clear. nice to look over but hard to believe !!

An incredible and moving experience to visit this place. Give your self 2-3hrs to really walk around and read all the information as it really highlights the terrible things the SS did during that time here. It is just a bus ride out of the central city centre so easy to get to. Well worth a visit.

What happened. How they ruled. You can feel from the stored memories of those innocent people around the different barrack’s.

Too sad for the story.

Pity that the showers and gas Chambers were undergoing renovations until 2020 As your story through the camp begins at this point. Still, a very moving experience.

Very moving place. Strange sense of peace, probably because it is over. Shalom.

Good tour of the place and how the camp was structured. A bit long but with a really good finish.

It was quite windy the day we went but it is worth visiting both the camp and the small presentations and museum inside.The way they have the exposition distributed really helps to get things into perspective.The declarations of the testimonies in the museum do really make an impact...

Great museum, a lot of things to read.

A very sad, but genuine experience. Its less popular than Auschwitz, so I was almost alone, facing this very shameful moment of the history of humanity, when the Nazis decided to exterminate people who they believed not to be equal to them. In this quite humble place, after seeing that nightmare, I found some kind of inner peace. Let the history never repeat.

Very moving place to visit. Nevertheless the place is well looked after and clean, in the customer centre, reading materials can be purchased in many languages, theres also loads of parking which is very cheap. Everything is displayed where it need to be and sometimes in multiple languages. Ive managed to attach myself to a tour, and the guide explained everything in detail, took us about 3hrs. The middle museum holds artefacts found on the grounds, as well as letters, documents, furniture, equipment, and statues made by prisoners. The remembererance monument is one of the biggest Ive seen and really makes an impact. At the end crematorium, human ashes pile and executions trenches can also be visited. Definitely worth a visit so that one human can know what another is capable of...

Must visit to see the brutality of humanity could be

well made exposition

Its a cool experience to visit the concentration camp. I recommend to visit it with a guide, because if not you only read the signs like in history books. Entrance is for free which is really nice and map is not necessary. I suggest to plan it for one hour and a half or two hours!

4 stars due to Mondays closure. Mausoleum at the end of the road fell me on the knees. Terrible place. "Master pice of high German culture". Unbelievable that it was made by humans to humans. Nevermore

A moving memorial to the atrocities of the Nazi era. It is out of the city centre so either get a taxi or have a long walk to it. Easy to find and buying tickets is cheap and easy. The site is large with many interesting buildings and information. Be prepared for some moving moments as some exhibits contain some upsetting images & info, but this is an excellent tribute to those who unfortunately lost their lives at the evils of the Nazi machine. Well worth a visit.

An eye opener of what it was really like, only bits remain but it is a good representation of what life was like. You need to go and pay your respects to the thousands that were killed to please a little man with only one testicle.

The German concentration camp KL Lublin (Majdanekwas originally designed as a vast slave labour camp for 250 000 inmates but was scaled down to 50 000. In 1942 its function switched to an extermination camp as part of Operation Reinhardt – the plan to kill all Polish Jews in the occupied Generalgouvernement district. Due to the need to abandon the camp quickly under the Soviet advance, there was no time to destroy the evidence of industrialised killing, and it remains the best preserved German concentration camp.It is easy to visit, and is very clearly and soberly presented. There is less tourist pressure than at Auschwitz. The interesting artworks created by Polish prisoners often contain subversive messages – such as the turtle, a call to work slowly. For those with research interests, it is possible to book a room within the camp and gain access to interesting archive material.

Very good place for kids and knowledge for everyone. Takes around 1.5 hours max to visit. Can take pictures inside. And it has special dsys for entry into the demo compartments.models are really looks like working models.

A place to remember. A lot of walking, plenty to see, a few exhibitions.

The camp is worth visiting, and you need al least 2 hours to go to every building. The whole area is very clea. There are a lot of pannels with historical facts in Polish, English and Hebrew. If you have time to read all of those, you will find out a lot of new things not only about the camp, but about the whole Holocaust. The entrance is completely free, but you should buy a written tour guide for further information and to keep as a souvenir. They have guides and books in a lot of languages at the entrance.

"Our fate is precaution for you". Shock and undescribable impression. Obligatory place to visit being in Lublin

Visiting the site is well worth a couple of hours to understand the grand scale of this camp. You truly get a feeling of mixed emotions when you’re walking from different chambers. We would have been happy to pay or even give a contribution had this been required. It’s hard to believe this was a mere 75 years ago.

This is a hauntingly reflective museum of the unbelievable atrocities that took place less than 100 years ago. Very moving and a place that needs to be preserved and experienced in the hope that it will never happen again

A huantingly well preserved site. Nowhere can you get a more authentic experience as to what the Nazi concentration camps were like. I was highly moved by the trip and would implore anyone learning about the horrors of the Holocaust to visit.

the museum reflects the horror and genocide happened there. Its a tough but have to go experience to see how evil can human kind be.

This is a must do when in Lublin. Everyone should see a concentration camp. This is one of the best preserved camps and its not that big compared to many others. It takes 1-2 hours to see the whole thing.

Am important landmark of Polish and Jewish history and a very respectful museum with some of the most fascinating exhibitions of the subject. I recommend it to anyone interested in European history and holocaust education.

Its not a kind of place to like or love, its an important reminder of the evil that can happen when people are blinded by hatred and nationalist propaganda. Its important that new generations visit places like this as a warning.

Visited end June 2016. This was and still is a very large concentration camp. Although the purpose was primarily productive work, it did have two small gas chambers that still survive, but not on the scale of Auschwitz near Krakow. Initially the Russians who captured the camp claimed 1.1 million had died there. The official Polish figure today is about 70,000. Not all camp inmates were Jewish, but about 18,000 Jewish inmates were shot over two days towards the end of the camp. Wounded Russians who had been fighting with the German Army were also housed there. They were taken away when the Russian Army over-ran the camp. The mound of Ash under a huge cupola near the crematorium ISNT all human ash and is primarily symbolic. Apparently the ash was used on fields, which formed part of the camp and resulted in huge cabbages being grown there. Although not as large as Auschwitz II at Birkenau, Majdanek is still a very large camp. Many wooden barracks have gone but a good few remain as exhibits for information.

The atmosphere in this place just overwhelms you, seeing how well preserved the barracks are, knowing what happened in these places, its really powerful.I would suggest everyone to visit Majdanek, its one of the most powerful and interesting trips I have ever made. Everything is labeled in Polish, English and Hebraic.Just remember to take your time when visiting here, the more you are able to see the better.

Feels almost strange to give 5 stars (or any starsto a place like this considering the history that it has, but upon reflection, it is just the sort of review that it should get. This is the kind of tourist attraction that everybody SHOULD see - a sombre and sobering experience that humbles you and puts you in your place fairly quickly. It is an experience should be kept alive as a constant reminder of the brutal and horrific side of history and human nature, but not only this - also as a testament to the power of life - to those people who persevered through such harrowing conditions with the sheer will to live on with such courage, such resolve, such determination. Whilst so many died at this death camp of course, and countless numbers are unknown, but the stories of how people did what they could and had to to just survive makes you realise how hope is a powerful thing. As others have said, it is not as complete as other camps but the stark bleakness of the site and small numbers of visitors only helps to add to the feelings of desolation that make Majdanek so powerful.

Majdanek, just like Auschwitz, was preserved until this day. Even so, Majdanek receives much less attention in the eyes of tourists and visitors, as compared to the larger, Auschwitz. However, popularity does not mean greater richness in History. Majdanek still holds great historical value and still is a must visit place.Starting off youll see a big monument in front of Majdanek. Enter the camp and youll be faced with coldness, bitterness and silence. Indeed the remains of Majdanek have been well preserved, and the general lack of tourism here gives a more enriching experience.Tour guides are very friendly, have great linguistic skills and can speak multiple languages, English is one of them of course. Open to questions, the tour guides will be able to enhance what you learn and experience here, as well as smoothly guide you through the grounds of this concentration (later exterminationcamp.Some of the things youll see here include evidence of the use of "Zyklon B ", barracks and even a well preserved crematorium. This are only a few of many things that is left behind in Majdanek.A quiet place as compared to that of Auschwitz, Majdanek is certain to leave a lasting impression on you. The greater ability to feel and connect with those sent here is the strongest point Majdanek possesses.Pay a visit here and experience it for yourself.

This place is a lot less crowded than Auschwitz-Birkenau, which has become rather disappointingly flooded with tourists. While you do not find colourful exhibitions here like those at Auschwitz, what you get here is a raw feel of how it was like to be in a gas chamber or in the barracks. The blue stains that are still on the walls of the gas chambers from the Zyklon B used all those years ago tell the story. This place is a fantastic alternative to Auschwitz if you happen to be in the Lublin area. Still, if possible, visit both to get the complete story.

Majdanek spoke no words, but just by looking at the concentration camps, execution ditches, mausoleums and crematorium, I was able to learn about the life of the jews under the nazis and how they suffered and were tortured. The sad story told by the survivor stands as a living testimony to what the jews had to go through during ww2-that families were torned apart and many people died of sickness even after the liberation. It was the perfect place experience the life of a jew and witness the brutality of the nazis