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Death Marches. Of the Holocaust. A view of the death march from Dachau passing through villages in the direction of Wolfratshausen. German civilians secretly photographed several death marches from the Dachau concentration camp as the prisoners moved slowly through the Bavarian.
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Death Marches Of the Holocaust
A view of the death march from Dachau passing through villages in the direction of Wolfratshausen. German civilians secretly photographed several death marches from the Dachau concentration camp as the prisoners moved slowly through the Bavarian
Prisoners being evacuated from Dachau concentration camp walk along a street in Gruenwald on a forced march to an unknown destination. April 1945.
Another view of the march. Prisoners received little aid from people in towns they passed through, and in some cases were harassed and assaulted.
Sources • "Death Marches | Personal stories." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_oi.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005162&MediaId=1171>. • "Death Marches." 20th Century History. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/deathmarches.htm>. • "Nazis Conduct Death Marches." The History Place. 31 Mar. 2009 <http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-march.htm>.