Majdanek & Belzec

Concentration Camp Fence
Perimeter fence with guard towers

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Whilst for many the Auschwitz- Birkenau complex where some 1.1 million people were murdered is the epitome of a Nazi death camp, the fact is that less than 20% of the victims of the Holocaust were killed there.

On 1st November 1941 as part of Aktion Reinhard, the name given for the extermination of the Jews living in the Generalgouvernement, work began on camps at Belzec, Treblinka and Sobibor. Unlike Auschwitz- Birkenau there would be no selection process. The sole purpose of these camps was mass execution.

For those who want to widen their teaching of the Holocaust, ANGLIA is able to offer a fully guided 2 or 3 day programme which includes tours of the memorial sites at both Belzec and Majdanek, as well as visits to the beautiful town of Zamosc and Lublin, site of the Aktion Reinhard headquarters.

 

Suggested Itinerary

2-day Belzec & Majdanek
Day 1: Belzec
Day 2: Majdanek

3-day Belzec Majdanek & Lublin
Day 1: Belzec & Zamosc
Day 2: Majdanek
Day 3: Lublin



Specifications/topics supported by these tours

History: OCR ‘A’ > Germany 1919-1945

AQA ‘B’ > Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the Origins of WWII

Citizenship: KS3 & KS4 > Democracy and Justice

AQA Unit 1 Citizenship Studies AS & A2 > Identity, Rights and Responsibilities

 

Themes 

  • The development of Nazi racial policy
  • Life under the Nazi Regime - Repression, prejudice and persecution
  • Life in the Lublin Ghetto
  • The Concentration Camp system
  • Aktion Reinhard: mass shootings and extermination camps


Combined Tours

Whilst a visit to any one of the sites associated with the Holocaust will allow students to develop their appreciation of the subject, ANGLIA is able to offer tours which combine more than one of these sites.

If you are interested in linking visits to Krakow (Auschwitz-Birkenau & Plaszow), Lublin (Belzec & Majdanek) or Warsaw (Treblinka & Sobibor) please contact us for further details.