Children During the Holocaust
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heberer, Patricia / Tec, Nechama / Browning, Christopher R., PUBLISHER: Altamira Press, Children during rong>therong> Holocaust, from rong>therong> United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, tells rong>therong> story rong>ofrong> rong>therong> Holocaust through rong>therong> eyes, and fates, rong>ofrong> its youngest victims. rong>Therong> ten chapters follow rong>therong> arc rong>ofrong> rong>therong> persecutory policies rong>ofrong> rong>therong> Nazis and rong>therong>ir sympathizers and rong>therong> impact rong>therong>se measures had on Jewish children and adolescents-from rong>therong> rong>yearsrong> leading to rong>therong> war, to rong>therong> roundups, deportations, and emigrations, to hidden life and death in rong>therong> ghettos and concentration camps, and to liberation and coping in rong>therong> wake rong>ofrong> war. This volume examines rong>therong> reactions rong>ofrong> children to discrimination, rong>therong> loss rong>ofrong> livelihood in Jewish homes, and rong>therong> public humiliation at rong>therong> hands rong>ofrong> fellow citizens and explores rong>therong> ways in which children's experiences paralleled and diverged from rong>therong>ir adult counterparts. Additional chapters reflect upon rong>therong> role rong>ofrong> non-Jewish children as victims, perpetrators, and bystanders during World War II. rong>Ofrong>fering a collection rong>ofrong> personal rong>lettersrong>, diaries, court testimonies, government documents, military reports, speeches, newspapers, photographs, and artwork, Children during rong>therong> Holocaust highlights rong>therong> diversity rong>ofrong> children's experiences during rong>therong> nightmare rong>yearsrong> rong>ofrong> rong>therong> Holocaust.