The Nazis tried to cover up the atrocities committed on the Jews in various ways as the Allied forces approached:
1. They destroyed evidence: The Germans destroyed documentation, records, and any physical evidence that could reveal the extent of their crimes against the Jewish population. This was done to prevent the Allies from discovering the full scale of the atrocities.
2. Forced labor and death marches: Jewish prisoners in concentration camps were forced to work under harsh conditions. As the Allied forces neared, the Nazis conducted death marches where prisoners were forced to walk long distances under brutal conditions or were transported to other camps to avoid liberation by the Allies.
3. Mass killings and cremations: To eliminate evidence of their crimes, the Nazis conducted mass killings in gas chambers and cremated the bodies to hide the number of people they had murdered.
By implementing these strategies, the Nazis attempted to conceal the horrific atrocities they had committed against the Jews during World War II.
