death marches, January-May 1945: who was responsible for what?
TitleThe death marches, January-May 1945: who was responsible for what?
Author
Call numberS940.5318/002
Object number03945e
Place of publicationJerusalem
PublisherKeter Publishing
Year of publication
2000
Dimensionspp155-201
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Yad Vashem Studies' Vol.28 pp155-201 - also appears in the book 'Holocaust - critical concepts in historical studies' Vol.6 pp58-91
Description
The brutal murder of prisoners during the evacuations was repeated in hundreds of instances, in virtually all the death marches that took place from January 1945. The fate of those prisoners lay in the hands of those who accompanied and watched over the columns