death marches from the Dachau camps to the Alps during the final days of World War II in Europe
TitleThe death marches from the Dachau camps to the Alps during the final days of World War II in Europe
Author
Call numberS940.5318/010
Object number08555m
Place of publicationHaifa, Israel
Year of publication
2011
Dimensionspp129-160
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Dapim Studies on the Shoah' Vol.25 pp129-160
Description
During the second half of April 1945, thousands of inmates were removed from Dachau concentration camp and its satellite camps and forced to march to the high Alps of the Tyrol. Several possible explanations for this have been raised, but Bauer concludes that the death marches were simply meant to carry on the mass murder of the camp inmates by other means