Series: Children during the Holocaust

Explore a series of articles about the plight of children during the Holocaust, including experiences in hiding. Children were especially vulnerable to Nazi persecution. 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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