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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Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Europe
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustGeorge Kadish, "The Persecuted"
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Jewish Displaced Persons in Postwar Europe
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustGreta Fischer, Camp Map
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Public Health under the Third Reich
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustHitler Youth Training Film
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustHorst Rotholz, "Purim Song"
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustInterview with Gideon Frieder
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Adolf Renert to the National Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Isaak Shmaruk to Sulamif Tsybulnik
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustLetter from Karl Kretschmer to His Family
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Ruth Goldbarth to Edit Blau
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from the Jewish Community of Brod na Savi to the Jewish Communities of Zagreb and Sarajevo
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American College Students and the Nazi Threat
Americans and the HolocaustLetter from Yale Students to Charles Lindbergh
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter of Hinko Gottlieb to the Jewish Community of Zagreb
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Jewish Community Documents
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter of Selig Brodetsky and Leonard Stein to the British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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Targets of Eugenics
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleLetter to SS Doctor Gregor Ebner
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLeyb Kvitko, "Etele"