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death march

forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way
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death march

Summary

death march ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,542 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • death is named after death march[2].
  • death march is a type of marching[3].
  • death march is a type of war crime[4].
  • death march is a type of deportation[5].
  • death march's Commons category is recorded as Todesmarsch[6].
  • death march's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include marching[3], war crime[4], and deportation[5].

Origins

death is named after death march[2].

Why It Matters

death march ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,542 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    Subclass of → marching, war crime, deportation
    Named after → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554073205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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