Survivors of the infamous Maidanek concentration camp met here to plan a 25th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the death camp by Allied forces in World War II. The survivors came from Poland and other European countries. Their program calls for a conference of survivors and the unveiling of a memorial stone recording the fact that the citizens of 22 countries were killed at Maldanek by the Nazis. The survivors will also published a Journal recounting the camp’s history and personal memoirs of survivors.
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