This document summarizes the history of memorial sites in Poland commemorating the Holocaust from 1944-1989. It describes how the concentration camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz initially served as symbols of Polish martyrdom in the aftermath of WWII. The death camps of Chełmno, Bełżec, Sobibór and Treblinka, where Jews were murdered, were largely forgotten until the 1960s when first memorials were erected. Throughout this period, there was manipulation of the identity of victims and debates around how to properly commemorate both Polish and Jewish victims of the Holocaust. By the 1980s, discussions began around Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust and more accurate memorialization of Jewish fate.