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Coffins of prisoners who died on a death march from Johanngeorgenstadt, a subcamp of Flossenbürg, to Theresienstadt. [LCID: 80695]
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Death marches

As Allied forces approached Nazi camps in early 1945, the SS organized forced evacuations of concentration camp inmates. These guarded “death marches” often took place on foot over long distances in extremely harsh conditions. Explore more content related to death marches from Nazi camps towards the end of the Holocaust. 

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Elevated view of a meadow. A long row of clothed corpses lie in the grass along the lower half of the meadow. A single soldier in uniform stands at the bottom of the photograph.
Photo
A US soldier stands among the corpses of prisoners exhumed from a mass grave near Nammering
Abraham Lewent [LCID: all0262m]
Oral History
Abraham Lewent describes the moments following his liberation from a death march from the Dachau camp
Barbara Marton Farkas [LCID: bfd0529f]
Oral History
Barbara Marton Farkas describes the death march from the Gross-Rosen camp in Germany
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz [LCID: bfd0603m]
Oral History
Benjamin (Beryl) Ferencz describes collecting evidence of death marches
An American medic and soldier stand by the corpse of a prisoner shot on the road near Gardelegen. [LCID: 28196]
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Body of a prisoner shot by the SS during a death march
German civilians from Volary attend burial services for the Jewish women exhumed from a mass grave in the town. [LCID: 24688]
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Burial services for the Jewish women exhumed from a mass grave in Volary
Chaim Frenkiel [LCID: 1532]
ID Card
Chaim Frenkiel
Charles Torluccio [LCID: wlc00008]
Oral History
Charles Torluccio describes liberation and the role of medical staff
Photograph taken out of a small window, featuring groups of prisoners marching through a village.
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Clandestine photograph of a death march
Media Essay
Concentration Camps, 1942–45 - Animated Map/Map
Media Essay
Concentration Camps, 1942–45 - Photograph
Media Essay
Dachau (Abridged Article) - ID Card/Oral History
Media Essay
Dachau - ID Card/Oral History
Lilly Appelbaum Malnik [LCID: lmd0052f]
Timeline Event
Death March from Auschwitz
Death march from Budapest, 1944 [LCID: bud72070]
Map
Death march from Budapest, 1944
Death march from Dachau to Tegernsee, March 1945 [LCID: dac72050]
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Death march from Dachau to Tegernsee, March 1945

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