Czech Death March Symbolic (12k)

The Military Death March is a flexible distance challenge allowing participants worldwide to complete remotely and still earn the official medal and certificate.

Distances

SYMBOLIC – 12 km

Purpose (Translated from Czech)

The extreme long-distance MILITARY DEATH MARCH does not aim to celebrate death. It honors the innocent women and girls who died in the 1945 Death March. By participating in this ruck, you will financially contribute to the restoration of the volary cemetery graves, where the victims of the 1945 death march are buried, and to other projects.

Medal

Front side:

In the center is a skull and crossbones symbol – it symbolizes death, thus symbolizing the name of the march MILITARY DEATH MARCH. The barbed wire is intended to draw attention to the innocent women and girls who had to die in terrible conditions. 

Back side:

In the middle is a portrait of Mrs. Jaroslava Krejsová. Mrs. Jaroslava Krejsová is not a victim of the death march she is a collector of stories from this time. In her archive you will find hundreds of stories of victims of the death march. She spoke personally with many women (direct participants) and has been engaged in this admirable activity since her youth. She is the author of "Death Passed Through Volary".  By placing Mrs. Jaroslava Krejsová on the reverse side of the SYMBOLIC category medal, we would like to express our respect and thank this person for everything she has accomplished and how she has contributed to ensuring that the fates of individual women are not forgotten.

Ribbon:

Yellow color - symbolizes hope, warmth, faith to survive
Green color - symbolizes life, rebirth
Black color - symbolizes death
A Czech lion - a symbol of Bohemia