“She looked at the thousands of children, running wild, hungry, thirsty, the little ones who could not understand, who thought it was some bizarre game that had gone on too long, and who wanted their homes, their beds, their teddy bears” (Rosnay 46). Early in 1933, Adolf Hitler and his military force began a war against Judaism that is known today as the Holocaust. Within this atrocity, over one-sixth of the six million deaths were claimed by children (Children). Of the children whose lives were impacted by Hitler’s ways, few were able to escape or hide, and the others never grew out of their innocence due to the horrific conditions of concentration camps. Many parents main concern was the safety of their children during this hard time. To
The Holocaust was a time of mass genocide. Millions of innocent victims, who ranged in age and gender, lost their lives because of the control one man had on a group of people. A majority of the victims killed practiced Judaism or had ancestors that practiced Judaism. The Holocaust was estimated to have murdered 1.8 million children. The victims had to go through harsh punishment, starvation, and most children were sent to the gas chambers immediately. Even with the cruel and unprecedented actions against the Jewish community many children were still able to survive. The actions and sacrifice from families and strangers helped to keep these children alive throughout the Holocaust. Children survived the Holocaust in many different ways.
“The exact number murdered by the Nazis is unknown but it is estimated that 1.5 million Jewish children were killed, victims of genocide.” ("The Holocaust."). Many children, especially Jewish children, were involved in the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a time period during WWII were a German group called the Nazis, targeted different racial groups such as Gypies, Homosextuals, the disabled and sick, Jews, and many other racial groups. The Nazis would kill these people, hurt them or capture them and take them to concentration camps. Many Jewish children were involved in the Holocaust. Some of the children would hide in people’s homes. Others would also hide by living a normal life by hiding their identity. But most Jewish children would go to