The March Towards Death
By: Mickela Kayea
One Step Closer To Death
The Numbers
Overall 77,700 prisoners died during the death marches.
Your Strength Can't Save you This Time
Stutthof
January 25, 1945 is the date when 50,000 Jews were evacuated from Stutthof Concentration Camp in northern Poland. The Nazis did not have a main destination for their prisoners but six feet under. 5,000 were forced into the Baltic sea and machine gunned, while another 4,000 were shipped to Germany, many wee drowned during the trip. 25,000 people total were killed during this mach, when the Nazis had no where to go they forced the prisoners back to the camp. When back at the camp the camp became liberated and a total of 100 prisoners were saved, no one was left behind unless they were dead. There never was stated how many miles the prisoners did walk since they had to go back to the camp, where 100 prisoners left hid and were later found by liberators
From Beginning To End
- January 30, 1933- Hitler was announced as the Chancellor of Germany
- 1933 the first concentration camp was established
- September 1, 1939- Germany invaded Poland
- July 23, 1944- First liberation of Majdanek concentration camp
- January 18, 1945- Death March begins with the evacuation of Auschwitz- 15,000 dead
- January 25, 1945- Evacuation and death march from concentration camp Stutthof- 25,000 dead
- April 7, 1945- Death march from Buchenwald concentration camp- 10,000 dead
- April 26, 1945- Death March from Dachau after most camps were liberated
- May 9, 1945- Last camp Stutthof, where the camp was liberated and 100 survivors were left
Citations
- "Death Marches." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, n.d. Web. 19 May 2016.
- "Liberation of Nazi Camps." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 19 May 2016.
- "Timeline of Events." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d. Web. 19 May 2016.
- "Stutthof." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 19 May 2016.
- "Auschwitz Liberation 70th Anniversary: History of the Holocaust Death Marches." International Business Times RSS. N.p., 26 Jan. 2015. Web. 19 May 2016.