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When did the Dachau Death March started and what happened during it?
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On Thursday 26th April 1945, just three days before the liberationof the Dachau camp, the SS forces about 7,000 prisoners on a death march from Dachau south to Tegernsee. During the six-day death march, the SS shoots anyone who cannot keep up or continue marching. Many others die of exposure, hunger, or exhaustion. The surviving prisoners will arrive in Tegernsee on May 2, 1945, where American forces liberate them.
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What happened during the Bataan Death March to Dachau?
The Bataan death march, and the Dachau death march, were two separate events. The first was in the Philippines and was perpetrated by the Japanese, and the second was in Germany.
Where were the two of the six specialized ''death camps''?
Dachau and Auschwitz
What was the death train in dachau concentration camp?
When the Americans liberated Dachau they found a trainload of prisoners sent there from Buchenwald. All of them were dead on arrival.
What happened during the spartacist revolt in Berlin?
there was death
How did they treat the prisioners in dachau?
Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp, not an extermination camp. Its main purpose was a punishment and labour camp for political prisoners. Obviously, conditions there were bad, but it was not comparable to extermination camps like Treblinka. Most of the Jews at Dachau were there because of their politics. Wikipedia gives the death toll at Dachau and its sub-camps as about 35,000.
What happened during the Bataan Death March to Dachau?
The Bataan death march, and the Dachau death march, were two separate events. The first was in the Philippines and was perpetrated by the Japanese, and the second was in Germany.
Why was Auschwitz important during the war?
it was the largest death camp in the holocaust, that along with Dachau
When the black death happened?
the black death started in 1347
Where were the two of the six specialized ''death camps''?
Dachau and Auschwitz
What was the death train in dachau concentration camp?
When the Americans liberated Dachau they found a trainload of prisoners sent there from Buchenwald. All of them were dead on arrival.
What happened during the spartacist revolt in Berlin?
there was death
During the storm, what happened after Dorothy found Toto?
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How did they treat the prisioners in dachau?
Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp, not an extermination camp. Its main purpose was a punishment and labour camp for political prisoners. Obviously, conditions there were bad, but it was not comparable to extermination camps like Treblinka. Most of the Jews at Dachau were there because of their politics. Wikipedia gives the death toll at Dachau and its sub-camps as about 35,000.
What did most of the people die from in Dachau?
emaciation, suicide, disease ___ However, Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp, not an extermination camp - and did not have a particularly high death rate for a Nazi concentration camp.
Did anyone survive at the Dachau?
Yes, there were survivors who were freed when the Americans liberated Dachau. On April 26, 1945, as American forces approached, there were 67,665 registered prisoners in Dachau and its subcamps; more than half of this number were in the main camp. Of these, 43,350 were categorized as political prisoners, while 22,100 were Jews, with the remainder falling into various other categories. Starting that day, the Germans forced more than 7,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, on a death march from Dachau to Tegernsee far to the south. During the death march, the Germans shot anyone who could no longer continue; many also died of hunger, cold, or exhaustion. On April 29, 1945, American forces liberated Dachau. As they neared the camp, they found more than 30 railroad cars filled with bodies brought to Dachau, all in an advanced state of decomposition. In early May 1945, American forces liberated the prisoners who had been sent on the death march.
The flu epidemic happened when?
Black Death happened in 1346 to 1353. While Spanish flue happened during 19th century.
What was the punishment for smuggling information about Dachau to the outside world?
The punishment was isolation, but eventually, if indirectly, death.
