Death Marches

This is a picture of Jews walking on their Death March 

Near the end of World War Two, the Germans were losing the war and the Red Army, or Russian Army, was reclaiming territory as they pushed the Germans back.  As the Russians were heading to Poland, the Germans started to evacuate the concentration camps burning them down to hide their crimes.  The prisoners were taken on long marches otherwise known as, Death Marches hundreds of miles away.  The prisoners were given little or no food.  Those who lagged behind were shot.  Most people that went on this long journey died.      

Ways people died on Death Marches 

Most of the Death Marches took place in the winter so many people died from hypothermia.  Some people were already very sick or wounded so they very shot when they lagged   behind.  Lots of people died from hunger because the prisoners were hardly ever given food.  Put the food was no good it was usually muddy water and rotten or black bread.  Prisoners were also killed when Nazi's murdered them.  There was no shelter on the way so no matter if it was raining or snowing you would have to march through bad whether conditions.  Not many people lived though these Death Marches.    

This is a funeral service for Polish, Hungarian, and Russian Jews  found in a forest killed by the SS soldiers

Facts about Death Marches 

1. The Largest Death Marches took place in the winter of 1944-1945

2. Most Death Marches took place at the end of World War Two

3. When prisoners were being evacuated from the concentration camps many people didn't know what was going on

4.  The first camps to be emptied where those in eastern and central Poland and in Baltic sea

5.The first major Death March was the  evacuation of 3,600 prisoners from camp in Warsaw.   

 Death March review summary  

Death Marches were one of the very terrible doings of the 20th century and many people died during these tardies. we remember all these terrible things because it reminds us to not let something that bad ever happen again.  learning how bad these things were especially Death Marches it teaches us to go against people like Hitler and make the right decision about choosing your leaders.  Death Marches will never happen again or anything like WW2.  This war was the biggest human  conflict in all of history