Family members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the ghetto's central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were ... [LCID: 89772]
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Children during the Holocaust

Children were especially vulnerable to Nazi persecution. Some were targeted on supposed racial grounds, such as Jewish youngsters. Others were targeted for biological reasons, such as patients with physical or mental disabilities, or because of their alleged resistance or political activities. As many as 1.5 million Jewish children alone were murdered or died at the hands of Nazi officials or their collaborators. 

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Women survivors huddled in a prisoner barracks shortly after Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz camp. [LCID: 31450b]

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Learn more about personal experiences during the Holocaust

Blanka Rothschild holds one of her prewar family photographs. [LCID: athbr039]

Timeline of Events

Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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How and why was the Holocaust possible?