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The name death march came from survivors of death marches during World War II. A death march is defined as a group of people who have been forced to gather at a place because of their race, religion, language, or culture and are then sent somewhere together. Food, shelter, and medical care for the march participants are not provided. Their mortality rate was very high.
An example of a death march was that of the Armenians who were expelled from the Ottoman Empire during World War I in 1915. The Armenians were forced to march to the Syrian Desert. When they arrived there, they were released into the Syrian Desert. About half a million Armenians died during and after this death march.
Other death marches included the Germans removing Jews from concentration camps near the Soviet Union to concentration camps closer to or within Germany during the winter of 1944-1945.
Another death march during World War II was the forced march of US and Filipino servicemen from Bataan to San Fernando.
An earlier death march occurred in the US during the 1830's. The US removed the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to land west of the Mississippi River.
In The Death March to Buchenwald by John Ranz, the author described in detail his death march. He told of his preparations in trying to gather enough food and clothing. The usual routines and discipline of daily life in the camp were almost in complete chaos. He described the places where they stopped for the night as well as his search for food from the people who lived along the march's route.
Death marches vary by distance but they all are characterized by starvation, exhaustion, brutality, and exposure to extreme heat or cold.
Sources:
Berenbaum, Michael. "Death Marches." Encyclopaedia Judaica Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. Vol. 5. Second ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 513-515.
Castellino, Joshua. "Death March." Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 226-229.
Ranz, John. "The death march to Buchenwald. (Inhumanity, Death March to Buchenwald, the Last Jews of Bendzin)." Midstream 53.6 (Nov-Dec 2007): 24(5).
An example of a death march was that of the Armenians who were expelled from the Ottoman Empire during World War I in 1915. The Armenians were forced to march to the Syrian Desert. When they arrived there, they were released into the Syrian Desert. About half a million Armenians died during and after this death march.
Other death marches included the Germans removing Jews from concentration camps near the Soviet Union to concentration camps closer to or within Germany during the winter of 1944-1945.
Another death march during World War II was the forced march of US and Filipino servicemen from Bataan to San Fernando.
An earlier death march occurred in the US during the 1830's. The US removed the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to land west of the Mississippi River.
In The Death March to Buchenwald by John Ranz, the author described in detail his death march. He told of his preparations in trying to gather enough food and clothing. The usual routines and discipline of daily life in the camp were almost in complete chaos. He described the places where they stopped for the night as well as his search for food from the people who lived along the march's route.
Death marches vary by distance but they all are characterized by starvation, exhaustion, brutality, and exposure to extreme heat or cold.
Sources:
Berenbaum, Michael. "Death Marches." Encyclopaedia Judaica Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. Vol. 5. Second ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 513-515.
Castellino, Joshua. "Death March." Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 226-229.
Ranz, John. "The death march to Buchenwald. (Inhumanity, Death March to Buchenwald, the Last Jews of Bendzin)." Midstream 53.6 (Nov-Dec 2007): 24(5).
