Panstwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

The Archives of the State Museum at Majdanek collects, stores, secures and popularizes the materials connected with the former camp. The original records created by camp offices in the years 1941-1944 form the biggest and at the same time the most important group of the archives. A completely different form and content characterizes the documents created by the prisoners, most of which are secret letters sent from the camp as well as post-war prisoners’ recollections and accounts. What is more, the Archives of the State Museum at Majdanek possesses the documents concerning the history of the Lublin region in the times of German occupation and the papers indirectly connected with the Majdanek camp, such as Operation Reinhardt files, the Lublin unit of the Polish Red Cross documents, and the archives of the OPUS Central Underground Care documenting the camp resistance movement. The archives of the State Museum at Majdanek serves scientific and educational purpose, being at the same time a significant element of museum exhibitions. I. KL Lublin Administration 1941-1944 II. Einsatz Reinhardt – Materiallager Chopinstr. 27 III. Private documents of crew members and German soldiers (1939-1944) IV. The Archives of Prisoner Organizations (1942-1944) V. Private documents belonging to the prisoners (1813-1946) VI. Outside records (1941-1944) VII. Former prisoners’ diaries, accounts, and questionnaires VIII. Audio recordings IX. Maps of the concentration camp at Majdanek and the maps of the museum X. The Society for the Protection of Majdanek (since 1945) XI. Polish Red Cross – Lublin District (1939-1946) XII. OPUS - Central Underground Care (1943-1944) XIII. Women’s Auxiliary Army Service (1942-1944) XIV. Studies XV. The collection of announcements and leaflets XVI. The collection of materials connected with the Nazi prison at the Lublin Castle (1939-1944) XVII. The collection of photographs XVIII. The collection of microfilms XIX. The collection of photocopies XX. Trial records XXI. A collection of records of the Association of the Former Prisoners of the Lublin Castle and Pod Zegarem prison. XXII. The collection of video recordings XXIII. NKVD camp XXIV. Legacies XXV. Polish-Soviet Extraordinary Commission to Examine Crimes in the Area of the Concentration Camp at Majdanek (1944). For further information see A. Skibinska (ed.), chapter 4. 

If interested, please submit an application in order to get permission to have an insight into the archives. The application should contain the purpose and scope of study. Students are asked to enclose a letter of recommendation from their tutor. We ask for prior notification of the time of the visit and field of interest so that we can prepare the relevant materials. (archiwum@majdanek.eu)