Memorial for the victims of the death marches - Dachau, Bavaria, Germany
N 48° 16.076 E 011° 28.160
32U E 683238 N 5349028
A bronze sculpture commemorating the Dachau Concentration Camp's prisoners' evacuation marches. // Eine Bronzeskulptur, die an die Evakuierungsmärsche der Konzentrationslager in Dachau erinnert.
Waymark Code: WMYMYH
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 07/01/2018
Views: 3
The sculputre shows humans, frail from being prisoners at the Dachau work and concentration camp. Prisoners often spent years here conducting slave labour and being brutally beaten and psychologically terrorized.
As it became more and more obvious that the war was coming to an end, the SS started to evacuate those concentration camps at the frontline and transported the prisoners into camps that were still under Nazi rule. Thousands of prisoners died of diseases, weakness, malnutrition and maltreatment during these transports and marches that often lasted for weeks. Prisoners, who were unable to walk anymore, were shot immediately.
You will find this sculpture inside the KZ Dachau museum (https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de). It is in the easterly wing. The museum has free admission with a small cost if you want an audio translator (which is well worth the price, in my opinion).
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Memorial for the victims of the death marches
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hubertus von Pilgrim
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1991
Materials used: bronze
Location: KZ Dachau's main museum
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