This was the chapter of the death march. The death march was when all of the Jews had to run very far and they were not allowed to stop. If they stopped or slowed down, they were shot immediately.
I felt this was just cruel because all of these Jews suffered a long time already and have not eaten. How could they be expected to run several miles at the same pace? When they slowed down and were shot, the people behind them just ran right over them. I couldn’t believe that. If I was running behind them, I would probably be the next one to be shot because I would have stopped and stared in shock and fear.
It’s really crazy how most of these soldiers have no problem at all just killing people. It seemed like they didn’t even care and felt pride in it. I would never feel proud if I killed someone. There were only a few soldiers that actually had a conscious and felt bad for the Jews and tried to save some of them. I couldn’t believe that they would even shoot someone if they seemed to be going to slow. These people haven’t eaten so they have practically no energy at all to complete this run.
When they shot them, they just left the bodies there. I don’t really know why but that part bothers me a lot. Like don’t leave them in the middle of the streets or anywhere people go. Also the part where the Jews had to dig the graves for some of the bodies. I feel like what they did to the bodies after was just as harsh as the actual killing. It just makes no sense in the way of why someone could just want to kill a large amount of people just because of who they are.
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