Because young people were more susceptible to Nazi persecution, children of the Holocaust could teach my generation and generations to come the value of all children, no matter what their religious background or ethnicity. I once heard someone say "Never tell a child her dreams are unlikely or outlandish; few things are more humiliating, and what a pity it would be if she believed you." Many people's dreams were deferred during the Holocaust because they lost their loved ones, their strength, and their hope.
Children of the Holocaust experienced many atrocities that most teenagers couldn't comprehend. Approximately 1.2
million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust, including tens of tho
The children of the Holocaust were exposed to various torturous acts. Methods of children's euthanasia were developed between February and May of 1939. Children became guinea pigs for the Nazi's gruesome experiments.
While in "prison" children faced starvation, illness, brutal labor, and other indignities until they were consigned to the gas chambers or experimented upon. I don't know about you, but if I had to work all day long without food and water, I would probably just die.
The simple fact that these Jewish children survived at all was astonishing. But remarkably, not only did they survive but also created diaries, poems, and drawings while in most ghettos and concentration camps. Surviving in hiding, children participated in the resistance as messengers, run
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