Children During the Holocaust

By Josephine Farram

Increasing Persecution

Jewish Star of David

All Jewish children and families had to wear the “Star Of David”. As it clearly identified them as Jewish.

Jewish Identification Cards

These cards had some form of Jewish Symbol on them- either a “Star of David” or the letter “J”. It differed depending on where they

where in Europe (eg. Poland, Germany).

All required personal details and a picture but needed fingerprints.

School At school the most important lesson was racial studies which consisted of learning about how bad the Jewish population was. The few Non- German and Jewish children had to be used as “teaching Aids” or where forced to wait outside while they learnt, about the “Jewish Problem”, how to identify a Jew and other Nazi Propaganda.

Learning to identify a Jewish Person-Above are two Jewish boys being teaching aids.

School

Nazi’s began to push propaganda into the social lives of children, mixing them into books like “The poisonous mushroom (Der Giftpilz).

This book is about a German mother and her son that go and pick mushrooms in the forest the mother tell him about the poisonous and harmless mushrooms. She compares the harmful ones to the Jewish people and her son then happily professes that he has learnt all about them at school.

Toys

Many toys where made by children from scrap fabric and clothing

Usually the only link, to the lives and family they had would be a toy.

Kindertransport

In the prompt efforts of Britain many Jewish children where smuggled out of Nazi rules Europe by train.

All children required a number upon boarding.

Anne Frank

Ghetto’s

Children collecting the little food given to them from the public Kitchen

Children passing time while playing a traditional Jewish game.

Confined- controlled communities where the Jewish population was forced to live

Concentration Camps

Photo’s and records of all prisoners

In line for boiling showers after hair being shaved (sterilisation process)

Concentration camps

All personal possessions like clothing, shoes and hairbrushes where taken and they where given striped uniforms

Concentration Camps

Children deemed capable of work did jobs like, shoe making, extending the brackets or creating weapons for Nazi soldiers.

Innocent Children Imprisoned in concentration Camps.

Death CampsThese camps where primarily setup to kill.

Freedom

Freedom