Lublin: Majdanek Concentration Camp Tour

The German concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, called Majdanek was established in October 1941. It was initiated by Heinrich Himmler’s decision. Initially it was intended for forced labor. Later, during Operation Reinhard, the camp was used to kill people on an industrial scale. Victims came from nearly 30 countries. It is assumed that about 78,000 people died here. The rapidly approaching Russian Soviet troops in July 1944, forced the Germans to evacuate quickly. Due to this fact, the camp infrastructure survived nearly intact. Our professional guide will show you this difficult chapter in the history of the city.

We offer private tours from Lublin to Majdanek State Museum on request.

Tour itinerary:

1. hotel pick up at chosen time
2. approx. 15 minutes drive from Lublin to the Majdanek State Museum by private car/van accompanied by private guide
3. up to 2 hours of walking sightseeing tour inside the museum accompanied by private guide in chosen language during which you will be able to see:

• the area of the former camp; whole complex occupied an area of 270 ha and consisted of three sectors: the SS segment, the administration section and the prisoner area,
• gas chambers bunker, used for the mass extermination of prisoners, made of ceramic brick with a ferro-concrete ceiling and cement floor, situated behind the men’s bathhouse in barracks 4,
• barracks 62, housing former shoemaker workshops,
• barracks 52, where shoes confiscated from Majdanek prisoners and Jews exterminated in the course of “Operation Reinhard” are presented,
• the Living Conditions Exhibition, based in the former prisoners barracks nr 14 and 15, presenting extreme living conditions in the camp,
• the crematorium building; consists of special room with a stone table (used for seeking valuables in corpses), two areas for storing the bodies and five crematorium furnaces,
• execution ditches; in 1943, in the three execution ditches Germans executed 18,000 Jewish prisoners of Majdanek and the prisoners of the forced-labor camps; This mass murder is widely recognized as the largest execution in the history of the Nazi concentration camp system,
• the Monument to Struggle and Martyrdom, a mausoleum holding ashes of the victims

4. approx. 15 minutes drive back from Majdanek concentration camp to Lublin,
5. your hotel drop off in Lublin

Whole tour lasts approximately 2,5 hours.

Prices:

• 580 PLN per person (1 person)
• 300 PLN per person (2 persons)
• 220 PLN per person (3 persons)
• 200 PLN per person (4 persons)
• 180 PLN per person (5 persons)
• 160 PLN per person (6 persons)
• Contact us (7 persons or more)

What is included?:

• hotel pick up at chosen time and drop off after the tour,
• private transportation by comfortable car / minivan,
• service of private guide in chosen language during whole tour,
• entrance tickets to the Majdanek State Museum,
• up to 2 hours of walking sightseeing tour of Majdanek concentration camp with private guide in chosen language,

This private tour is available in following languages:

English, Spanish, German, Russian,

*some languages may be subject to availability and prices can vary