What you'll hear inside Majdanek State Museum:

• 1
  Mausoleum of the Ashes of the Victims

  The Mausoleum of Ashes of the Victims is a striking 14.5-metre-high monument, 35 metres in diameter, supported by three pillars.

• 2
  Symbolic Pillar (Wiktor Tołkin Monument)

  The Symbolic Pilón—also known as the Gate—forms the striking entrance to the Majdanek memorial monument, designed by sculptor and architect Wiktor Tołkin in collaboration with Janusz Dembek.

• 3
  Gas Chambers and Crematoria

  The gas chambers and crematoriums at Majdanek are the camp's original extermination facilities, remarkably well-preserved following the swift Soviet advance that prevented their complete destruction.

• 4
  Exhibition Barracks

  The exhibition barracks are historic structures from the former camp, now converted into museum spaces.

• 5
  Obelisk in Memory of the Jewish Victims of Erntefest

  This obelisk monument stands within the grounds of the Majdanek State Museum in Lublin, erected in 2003 to commemorate the 18,000 Jews murdered on 3 November 1943 during Operation Erntefest.

• 6
  Crematorium

  Preserved crematorium building at the far end of the site, next to the Mausoleum of ashes.

• 7
  Shoe exhibition barrack

  Barrack holding thousands of victims' shoes, one of the most moving spaces of the visit.