The Nazi Persecution Of Children During The Holocaust

Holocaust, a time of suffrage, horror, and isolation. The Holocaust was the the mass murder of 11-14 million people under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941-1945. More than 6 million European Jews and members of persecuted groups; such as Gypsies and homosexuals were murdered. People all over Germany and Eastern Europe were murdered because of their ethnic group. The Nazis directed all their anger toward the Jews. They wanted to segregate all Jews from the rest of the population. The Holocaust involved much hatred and suffering and it was not just adults being murdered, but everyone, including children. But where were they hidden during the Holocaust? The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany in 1933. They kidnapped your family, feelings, they even took your humanity. According to ushmm.org, all of Europe's Jews were slated for destruction: the sick, the healthy, the rich, the poor, and even the infants. Nazis generally isolated Jews in ghettos which were often established in the most desolate sections of

They were confused and had no clue what great danger was headed their way. More than one million of the Holocaust victims were children. Thousands of children survived because they were hidden. The children of the Holocaust lived in the shadows. Rahel Mann was among the many Jewish children hidden from the Nazi’s during WW2. She was passed from cellar to cellar always staying one step ahead of the death squads. She was underground being passed from family to family. 'I spent all day on a cold stone floor sitting on a mattress, just a sliver of light coming in through a nailed down, grimy window,' she said. According to the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, there was no official organization for hiding children. Parents had no clue if their children were safe or even if they were going to survive. Hiding children often required money, and not every family could handle the cost. Many children were sent off