Illustrated page of a child's diary written in a Swiss refugee camp. [LCID: 44233]

Children's diaries

Of the millions of children who suffered persecution at the hands of the Nazis and their Axis partners, a small number wrote diaries and journals that have survived. Explore more content related to these diaries created by children during the Holocaust (1933-1945).

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