Memoria [EN] Nr 44 (05/2021) | Page 23

Towards the end of the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of prisoners still held within the Nazi camp system were forcibly evacuated in terrible conditions under heavy guard. Many of these chaotic, and brutal, evacuations became known as ‘death marches’ by those who endured them. They form the last ruthless chapter of the Nazi genocide,

one that is little-known or understood.

A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE WIENER HOLOCAUST LIBRARY, LONDON