, ▁and ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁camp ' s ▁primarily ▁Jewish ▁vict ims ▁surv ived . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁the ▁purs uit ▁by ▁Germany ▁itself ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁perpet rat ors ▁rev ived ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁site . ▁The ▁Soviet ▁tri als ▁of ▁Russian ▁camp ▁personnel , ▁held ▁in ▁K iev ▁and ▁K ras n od ar ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁soon ▁followed . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Be ł ż ec ▁camp ▁were ▁f enced ▁off . ▁The ▁first ▁monuments ▁were ▁ere cted , ▁although ▁the ▁area ▁did ▁not ▁correspond ▁to ▁the ▁actual ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁camp ▁during ▁its ▁operation ▁due ▁to ▁lack ▁of ▁proper ▁evidence ▁and ▁modern ▁for ens ic ▁research . ▁Some ▁commercial ▁development ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁areas ▁formerly ▁belonging ▁to ▁it . ▁Also , ▁its ▁remote ▁location ▁on ▁the ▁Polish - S ov iet ▁border ▁meant ▁that ▁few ▁people ▁visited ▁the ▁site ▁before ▁the ▁revolution s ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁dem ocracy . ▁It ▁was ▁largely ▁forgotten ▁and ▁poor ly ▁maintained . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁dict ator ship ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁the ▁situation ▁began ▁to ▁change . ▁As ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁visitors ▁to ▁Poland ▁interested ▁in ▁Hol oca ust ▁sites ▁increased , ▁more ▁of ▁them ▁came ▁to ▁Be ł ż ec . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9