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Majdanek Concentration Camp Liberated July 24, 1944

A view of the barracks from a watch tower in Majdanek.

The rear side of a gas chamber. The furnace to the right was used to create carbon monoxide for gassing prisoners.

Polish civilians inspecting the crematoria ovens of the Majdanek killing center.

A group of Soviet soldiers surveys a German warehouse containing thousands of shoes taken from prisoners before their deaths.

A Polish-Soviet Special Commission interrogates SS-Obersturmführer Anthony Thernes in Majdanek.

(Photo credits: from top: Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, National Museum in Majdanek, Archiwum Akt Nowych, Central Armed Forces Museum, Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, all courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives)

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