Through Memory and Oblivion – Bełżec

This episode focuses on Bełżec, one of the main extermination camps of Operation Reinhard, as well as the neighboring sites of Sobibór and Majdanek. Through testimonies, historical commentary, and voices from the local community, the film explores the mechanics of mass murder as well as post-WWII silence, grave-digging for valuables, and the uneasy legacy of shared guilt and denial. It shows how the museum and memorial at Bełżec today work with youth, artists, and visitors from around the world to confront this "landscape of death" through education, reflection, and responsibility. Against the backdrop of contemporary nationalist narratives and distorted memories, the episode presents remembrance as an ongoing moral task—a mission carried out by guides, educators, and descendants of the victims, so that such crimes are never repeated. #belzec #sobibor #majdanek