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In 2013, the State Museum at Majdanek organized an architectural competition for the design of the new Museum. The selected concept includes a concrete wall that runs along the old road via which victims were herded into the gas chambers. It is to surround the place where the gas chambers and mass graves were located, and later where the bodies of the murdered were burnt.
The site of the uprising will be visible from the museum building. It has been erected in an open shell, but works are ongoing to complete it. By August 2019, the building and technical infrastructure will be ready. It will then be possible to proceed with the installation of the permanent exhibition, which we plan to open in spring 2020. Previously, the burial field has been secured by covering it with geotextiles and a layer of white stones.
The second part of the ceremony began with the clergy of various denominations reciting ecumenical prayers for the victims of the Sobibór extermination camp. Then, the ceremony was transferred to the edge of the burial field where participants placed flowers and candles.
Guests had the opportunity to view a special exhibition titled 'Excavated from the Ashes' presenting selected Sobibór museum objects, primarily personal items of the murdered found during archaeological works on the premises of the former camp. Furthermore, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the prisoners’ uprising, the Museum prepared an album with the same title edited by Tomasz Kranz, consisting of photographs of one hundred museum objects.
They are accompanied by catalog descriptions and information about the places of discovery. The authors of the publication made every effort possible to reconstruct the histories of these objects. The book is available in Polish and English.