The three main causes of World War II were the unsolved problems of World War I, the desire Germany, Italy, and Japan had for more power, and the rise of dictatorships. One of the worst dictators was Adolf Hitler, the founder of the National Socialist or Nazi party. Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and quickly changed the ways of the country (Eisenburg 6). The Nazis believed in the superiority of the German race and the destruction of all others (Eisenburg 1). The Nazis murdered about twelve million people, including almost all of the Jewish population who lived under German rule (Lukas 9).

The life of a Jewish child was one of great sadness. They learned at an early age the horrible concept of discrimination (David 1). Every Jewish person was forced to wear a yellow star on the outside of their clothing (Dwork 24). This identified them an

Nothing disturbed the Nazi child as he walked down the hate filled street and "Heil Hitler" was a normal greeting (Eisenburg 5). The boys started to train at an early age for war and the girls were trained to sympathize with the brave soldiers. Every subject in school was presented from a National Socialist point of view (Eisenburg 7).

Many spent their childhood in hiding. No child in hiding was ever able to experience the social life children today are so fortunate to have (Hunt 5). "My life until now had been sheltered and quiet...there was little time to make friends, I was alone a lot" (Hunt 5). Many facts were kept secret to the wondering children. No one ever discussed pressing issues such as war, politics, money, religion, sex, or any "grown-up" subjects (Hunt 5). Most children were told what to do and were ignorant as to what was happening in the world around them (Hunt 5). They adapted to the changing world around them and they struggled to maintain a normality that they felt before that war (Dwork 263). "As their lives moved away from home towards the final destination, less and less space was allowed to this realm until it disappeared entirely in the camps, yet the children struggled to preserve it" (Dwork 263).

Life at the concentration camps was unbearable. Gas chambers, open-pit burn

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