Men and women who were capable to work were sent to forced labor camps in Lublin , such as Flugplatz ( where the property of the murdered Jews was sorted and sent to Germany ) and Sportplatz ( where the forced labor prisoners built sports stadium for the SS people ) . Apparently , Zytomirski was transferred to the Sportplatz camp . From the camp he managed to send two last letters to the Zionist delegation in Constantinople . On 3 November 1943 , the massive extermination of all remaining Jewish captives and prisoners in Majdanek and the other camps in Lublin District took place . This liquidation is known as " Aktion Erntefest " , which in German means " Harvest Festival " . On that day at Majadanek 18,400 Jews were shot to death in specially dug open pits . That murderous " operation " was the largest single execution in the history of the Nazi death camps . At the end of this killing operation , Lublin District was declared Judenrein , i.e. , " free of Jews "
Aktion Erntefest
Aktion Erntefest
Shmuel Zytomirski