Mayjdanek

... On the third day a house near the Judenrat build- ing went up in flames. Some twenty-six Jews perished in that fire. Attempts were made to pinpoint the cause of the blaze, but no explanation could be found. Many Jews suspected that the Nazis set the fire, an ominous new method of liquidation in the hideouts. On Wednes- day, August 18, 1943, the task of emptying Pietrasze Field of its throng of Jews was completed. Most had been deported to Treblinka; some.10,000 others were dispatched to Lublin-Poniatow or Mayjdanek. ...