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What is the most famous German concentration camp?
Auschwitz
KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here. The authentic Memorial consists of two parts of the former camp: Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Why was it called the death march?
“It was called the death march, because of the way they killed you,” Tenney said. “If you stopped walking, you died. If you had to defecate, you died. If you had a malaria attack, you died.
Did anyone survive the death march?
Only a small group of prisoners survived this march of death. A few were able to escape into the woods and join the partisans.
How many died in Death March?
Only 54,000 prisoners reached the camp; though exact numbers are unknown, some 2,500 Filipinos and 500 Americans may have died during the march, and an additional 26,000 Filipinos and 1,500 Americans died at Camp O’Donnell.
What was Dachau best known for?
Located in southern Germany, Dachau was initially a camp for political prisoners; however, it eventually evolved into a death camp where countless thousands of Jews died from malnutrition, disease and overwork or were executed.
How many babies were born at Auschwitz?
Of the 3,000 babies delivered by Leszczyńska, medical historians Susan Benedict and Linda Sheilds write that half of them were drowned, another 1,000 died quickly of starvation or cold, 500 were sent to other families and 30 survived the camp.
What happened to Elie’s mother and sister?
Mr Wiesel’s mother and one sister were killed in Nazi death chambers. His father died of starvation and dysentery in the Buchenwald camp. Two other sisters survived. After the war, Mr Wiesel lived in a French orphanage and went on to become a journalist.
Did anyone escape the Bataan Death March?
Ray C. Hunt was a mechanic in the Army Air Corps when the Japanese surprise attack across the Pacific on Dec. 7, 1941, dragged him into World War II. He was soon captured, escaped the Bataan Death March that killed thousands, and then led guerrilla forces against the Japanese for the rest of the war.