January 20, 1945

1,350 Jewish women prisoners were forcibly marched 550 miles from three concentration camps in freezing temperatures for 106 days. 118 managed to survive murder, starvation, exposure, and utter brutality at the hands of their SS guards. After being liberated by American forces on May 5, in Volary, Czechoslavakia, 26 of the women died within days (of frostbite, dysentery, and severe injuries to the feet). The Germans knowingly marched these women to their deaths as the Russians approached and a German defeat became evident.

In the last 10 months of World War 2, approximately 250,000 people died on forced death marches such as these.

Further Reading https://www.yadvashem.org/blog/death-march-to-volary.html