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death marches from the Dachau camps to the Alps during the final days of World War II in Europe
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The death marches from the Dachau camps to the Alps during the final days of World War II in Europe
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/010
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08555m
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Haifa, Israel
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]The Institute for Holocaust Research, University of Haifa
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[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2011
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp129-160
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Dapim Studies on the Shoah' Vol.25 pp129-160
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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