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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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustReport on the Rühen Home for Children of Forced Laborers
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Higher Education in Nazi Germany
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustRequest for the Investigation of Professor Hans Peters
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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustRequest to Replace Nurse Anna Hölzer
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustShoah Outtake with Gertrude Schneider
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American College Students and the Nazi Threat
Americans and the HolocaustStriking Students Take Oath at Campus Recreation Hall
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Higher Education in Nazi Germany
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustTelegram Regarding the "Action against the Un-German Spirit"
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustTrap Door to a Hiding Place
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustTrial Testimony of Rosa Schnedlitz
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSC Shoah Foundation Oral History with Michael Kraus
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSC Shoah Foundation Oral History with Peter Feigl
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustUSC Shoah Foundation Oral History with Robert Ness
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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustWładysław Szlengel, "Final Exams"
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Objects of Memory
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustWooden Pen Made in a French Internment Camp
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Artists and Visual Culture in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustZine from German-Occupied Greece