Below Forest Death March Memorial, Holocaust memorial site in Wittstock/Dosse, Germany.

The Below Forest Death March Memorial is a commemorative site in Wittstock/Dosse that honors those who died during forced marches from Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The grounds feature exhibition spaces, informational markers, and marked routes that trace the historical paths taken by prisoners.

In April 1945, tens of thousands of prisoners from Sachsenhausen concentration camp were forced on death marches through this area. Many perished from hunger, thirst, and exhaustion while held in forest areas like this one during the final weeks of the war.

The memorial tells the stories of those who died here through exhibits and personal accounts from survivors. Visitors can see how this place serves as a gathering point for remembering and honoring these lives.

The site lies about 10 km north of Wittstock at Belower Damm 1, on the road to Below. A roughly 20-hectare forest area is crossed by circular paths leading to individual beech trees bearing inscriptions carved by prisoners. The open-air exhibition stands on a plateau beside the forest; the former museum building now serves as an educational workshop. In 2023 the memorial counted around 3,500 visitors during opening hours, about 550 of them in education programmes.

More than 100 trees in the forest still bear inscriptions carved by prisoners, and many beeches show peeled bark where starving inmates stripped it off to eat. A suspected mass grave with about 400 dead has never been located.