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Majdanek Trials

Series of consecutive war crime trials held in Poland and in West Germany during and after World War II
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Majdanek Trials

Summary

Majdanek Trials is a war crimes trial[1]. It draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (war_crimes_trial category, ranking #16 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Majdanek Trials's instance of is recorded as war crimes trial[3].
  • Majdanek Trials began on November 27, 1944[4].
  • Majdanek Trials's defendant is recorded as Anton Thernes[5].
  • Majdanek Trials's defendant is recorded as Wilhelm Gerstenmeier[6].
  • Majdanek Trials's defendant is recorded as Hermann Vögel[7].

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When and Where

Majdanek Trials began on November 27, 1944[4].

Context

Majdanek Trials's instance of is recorded as war crimes trial[3].

Why It Matters

Majdanek Trials draws 291 Wikipedia views per month (war_crimes_trial category, ranking #16 of 40).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → +1944-11-27T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → war crimes trial
    Defendant → Anton Thernes, Wilhelm Gerstenmeier, Hermann Vögel
    Start time → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563900505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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