Majdanek, the concentration camp in Lublin / Józef Marszałek ; [translated by Lech Petrowicz].

Translation of: Majdanek, obóz koncentracyjny w Lublinie.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193).

Introduction -- Ch. 1. The Foundation and Development of the Camp -- Concentration Camps as a Tool of Extermination -- The Political and Economic Reasons for the Foundation of the Majdanek Camp -- SS Building Authorities: The Investor -- Building Plans -- Building Works in 1942-44 -- Notes -- Ch. 2. The Organization of the Camp -- The Camp and the Local Police Authorities -- The Commandants -- The Camp Command -- The Guard System -- The Subcamps -- Notes -- Ch. 3. Prisoners -- Incoming Transports -- Outgoing Transports -- The Prisoner Community -- Notes -- Ch. 4. The Living Conditions -- Reception of a Newly Arrived Prisoner -- Plunder of Property -- Clothing -- The Prisoner's Day -- Housing Conditions -- Food -- Penalties and Reprisals -- Notes -- Ch. 5. Labour -- Organization of Labour -- The Type of Work -- Working Conditions -- Notes -- Ch. 6. Health Conditions and Medical Care -- Sanitary and Hygienic Conditions -- Diseases and Epidemics -- The Hospital and Its Organization -- Ways and Possibilities of Treatment -- Mortality -- Notes -- Ch. 7. Mass Extermination -- Executions Before October 1943 -- The Murder of 3 November 1943 -- Death Transports -- Selections -- The Gassing of Prisoners -- The Covering up of the Traces of Crimes -- Notes -- Ch. 8. The Resistance Movement -- Prisoners' Self-help -- Cultural Life -- Religious Life -- Contacts with the Outside World -- Political Life -- Escapes -- Notes -- Ch. 9. Evacuation and Liberation.