Death March by https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej Information About The Death Marches en-us 2017-06-02 17:05:38 UTC 2024-05-24 19:40:13 UTC hello@padlet.com The evacuations of the concentration camps had three purposes:1.The SS didnt want prisoners to be caught by enemies alive to tell their stories. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008195 2017-06-02 17:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008195 In summer and early autumn months of 1944 most evacuations were carried by train or in case of when German positions were cut off than by ship. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008473 2017-06-02 17:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008473 During these "Death marches" the SS brutally mistreated the prisoners following their explicit orders. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008766 2017-06-02 17:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008766 They shot hundreds of prisoners who collapsed or could not keep pace. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008961 2017-06-02 17:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175008961 Thousands of prisoners died of exposure, starvation, and exhaustion. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009074 2017-06-02 17:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009074 Forced marches were especially common in 1944 and 1945, as the SS evacuated prisoners to camps deep within Germany kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009129 2017-06-02 17:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009129 To almost the last day of the war German authorities marched prisoners to various locations in the Reich. kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009271 2017-06-02 17:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009271 kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009503 2017-06-02 17:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009503 kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009579 2017-06-02 17:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009579 kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009630 2017-06-02 17:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009630 kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009670 2017-06-02 17:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009670 kgarcia29 https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009821 2017-06-02 17:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kgarcia29/m4to1rcm5sej/wish/175009821