Children during the Holocaust from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museums Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes and fates of its youngest victims. The ten chapters follow the arc of the persecutory policies of the Nazis and their sympathizers and the impact these measures had on Jewish children and adolescentsfrom the years leading to the war to the roundups deportations and emigrations to hidden life and death in the ghettos and concentration camps and to liberation and coping in the wake of war. This volume examines the reactions of children to discrimination the loss of livelihood in Jewish homes and the public humiliation at the hands of fellow citizens and explores the ways in which childrens experiences paralleled and diverged from their adult counterparts. Additional chapters reflect upon the role of nonJewish children as victims perpetrators and bystanders during World War II. Offering a collection of personal letters diaries court testimonies government documents military reports speeches newspapers photographs and artwork Children during the Holocaust highlights the diversity of childrens experiences during the nightmare years of the Holocaust. show more