Age played an important role in the experiences of many people during the Holocaust. Very young children and the elderly were in an especially vulnerable position, but the youth and relative good health of teenagers and young adults often proved to be lifesaving.
children & youth
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US Government Rescue Efforts
Americans and the HolocaustAttorney General Francis Biddle to Secretary of State Cordell Hull
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Postwar Justice
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustAuschwitz Trial Testimony of Otto Wolken
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The Holocaust and the Moving Image
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustBenjamin Gasul, "The Jewish Ghetto"
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustBetty Straus, "Our Cabin"
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustBrochure for the Lebensborn Program
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustChildren's Questionnaire of Josef Munzer
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Concentration Camp Prisoners
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleChristmas Card Given to a Polish Prisoner at Ravensbrück
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Higher Education in Nazi Germany
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustComplaint about Declining Enrollment at Heidelberg University
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustCorrespondence between Franz Blumenstein and the American Friends Service Committee
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustCriminal Complaint against Douglas Bamberger
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustDecision in the Case of Franz Josef Seitz
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDeposition of Pesakh Burshteyn
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Đura Rajs
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Elisabeth Ornstein
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Gendered Experiences of Jewish Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Irene Hauser