The LSSAH was at the forefront of the German push.[142] The BEF evacuated by sea to Crete, but had to flee again in late May when the Germans arrived.[143] Like Yugoslavia, the conquest of Greece brought its Jews into danger, as the Nazis immediately took a variety of measures against them.[144] Initially confined in ghettos, most were transported to Auschwitz concentration camp in March 1943, where they were killed in the gas chambers on arrival.