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THE death marches from Auschwitz-Birkenau were a final act of Nazi barbarism, born of desperation as the Soviet Red Army closed in. They began on January 17 1945 and stand out for their sheer scale and the horrific conditions endured by the prisoners.
The evacuation of the camps was part of the retreating Germans’ attempt to cover up their crimes, particularly the Holocaust: the systematic extermination of Europe’s Jews. They also wanted to retain the slave labour force for deployment at other concentration camps.
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