Jewish Children’s Experiences during the Holocaust

doi:10.1017/9781108900447.024

21 - Jewish Children’s Experiences during the Holocaust

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2025

Joanna Beata Michlic

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Marion Kaplan and

Natalia Aleksiun

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Marion Kaplan: Affiliation:
New York University
Natalia Aleksiun: Affiliation:
University of Florida

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This chapter examines the experiences of children in the Holocaust in various geographic contexts. It raises questions about the avenues for rescue and survival of children and the limits of children’s agency. How did gender, age, and family background play a role? And how did children adjust to or resist their new – and supposedly temporary – separation from their families?

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Kindertransport convents monasteries rescuers orphan orphanage Auschwitz ghetto siblings hiding sexual abuse diaries testimonies concentration camps death camps Catholic church

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Type: Chapter
Information: The Cambridge History of the Holocaust , pp. 346 - 364

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900447.024 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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