Traditional family roles were often challenged or inverted by Nazi policies, World War II, and the Holocaust. Although family relationships often became strained or severed, family life was an important source of comfort and support to many people during the Holocaust.
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Post-Holocaust Testimony
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustGaston Guez, "Our Martyrs"
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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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Artistic Responses to Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustHorst Rotholz, "Purim Song"
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Experiences of Forced Labor in Wartime Europe
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustInterview with Antonina Serdiukova
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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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Gendered Experiences of Jewish Persecution
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter by Marketa Brady from Ravensbrück
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Amalie Malsch to Wilhelm Malsch
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Arthur Werner to Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Boris Gurevich to his Mother and Sister
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from David Alkalaj to Miloje Popadić
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Hilda Dajč to Nada Novak
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Ilse Chotzen to Her In-Laws
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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