Photograph of interior of a gas chamber at Majdanek, the Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp near Lublin, Poland. Gas chambers in death camps were disguised as delousing stations (Entlausungsanlage) and showers (Bad und Desinfektion, Bath and Disinfection) by the Nazi murderers during the holocaust (galut) for executing the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” Majdanek, originally Konzentrationslager Lublin, was a death camp responsible for killing an estimated 1,380,000 Jews, Poles, and victims of other nationalities in WWII. Majdanek was one of two genocide sites where Zyklon-B gas was used for the Nazi genocide. Zyklon gas, an insecticide, caused the blue stains on the wall. Victims were given a hot shower in another room before gassing to increase the effectiveness of the deadly Zyklon-B gas. Constructed between August and October 1942, the door has a small peep hole and the chamber has no windows. Majdanek is now a museum. Photograph by Nathan Benn taken December 6, 1979.

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Lublin, Poland

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