The March

Early in 1945, as the Soviet forces continued to advance after their breakout at Leningrad, the Germans decided to evacuate Stalag Luft IV. Some 1500 of the POWs, who were not physically able to walk, were sent by train to Stalag Luft I… On Feb. 6, with little notice, more than 6,000 US and British airmen began a forced march to the west in subzero weather, for which they were not adequately clothed or shod. The march started at Stalag Luft IV in German Pomerania (now part of Poland), a POW camp for US and British aircrew men.

• Wartime Memories Project - Stalag Luft 4
• POW Accounts of Stalag Luft 4 and the Death March
• Death March from Stalag Luft 4

Memorials