Death Marches of Camp Inmates and German Atrocities at the War’s End

Daniel Blatman

doi:10.1017/9781108990158.025

Death Marches of Camp Inmates and German Atrocities at the War’s End

Daniel Blatman^*

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Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry

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Abstract

This chapter transcends their traditional depiction as the Holocaust’s “last chapter” by elaborating on death marches as a phenomenon sui generis in terms of driving forces, perpetrators, and victims; and discusses possible explanations for the German (and non-German) propensity for violence in the face of imminent defeat.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge History of the Holocaust
Subtitle of host publication	Volume II Perpetrating the Holocaust: Policies, Participants, Places
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	520-540
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108990158
ISBN (Print)	9781108839389
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990158.025
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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Keywords

death marches
end of Second World War
violence

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