4th
Infantry Division Documents: April 15 to May 8, 1945 After
Action Reports and G-2 Periodic Reports No. 268, 269,
270, April 28-30, 1945
Liberating
Unit Histories and Insignia United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum
12th Armored
Division
Death March
g.
Was geschah in Waakirchen? (What happened in Waakirchen?)
From: "Todesmarsch von Dachau" ("Death March from Dachau")
By Dr. Friedrich Schreiber
The
Death Marches from the Dachau Camps to the Alps during the
Final Days of World War II in Europe by Eliezer Schwartz
Number of Rescued Prisoners at Waakicheren
Former Dachau
prisoner Erich Röhl, who was liberated in Waakirchen, wrote in
his report "The March of Silence and Annihilation": " On the
morning of May 2nd... SS disappeared... Arrival in Waakirchen
at 11 a.m.... 2:15 p.m. The Americans arrive. May 4th. March
back to Bad Tölz. The entire transport still consists of 3,000
prisoners, of which 990 are Germans. 100 are Russians. "
(KZGSD AN 25824).
The priest of
Waakirchen, who cared for and looked after the liberated
prisoners for three days and therefore had to have a precise
overview, made three important statements or omissions in his
written report to the cardinal: 2,700 prisoners were liberated
in Waakirchen.
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Was geschah in Waakirchen? (What happened in Waakirchen?)
From: "Todesmarsch von Dachau" ("Death March from Dachau")
By Dr. Friedrich Schreiber
The Ethnicity of the Rescued Subcamp Inmates
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