"Towards the West": Novella written by Szymon Datner Death march of women who survived in the camp (with no indication of the name of the camp), January 1945, including worn out clothing, fatigue and hunger; collapse of women during the death march; murder of the women who collapsed by the German guards; hopes of the women that the war is about to end and their liberation is not far off; approach of (the Red Army) Front towards the west; air-raids on the Germans by the Allies; rumor spread by the Germans regarding the need to escape from the approaching Bolsheviks lest they burn everything and commit murderous acts.