Books by Charles Dickens (Author of A Tale of Two Cities)
Facts about the Holocaust:
Children were especially vulnerable to Nazi murder or death in the era of the Holocaust. It is estimated that 1. The Nazis advocated killing children of "unwanted" or "dangerous" groups in accordance with their ideological views, either as part of the "racial struggle" or as a measure of preventive security. The Nazis particularly targeted Jewish children, but also targeted ethnically Polish children, Romani Gypsy children, and children with mental or physical defects disabled children. The Germans and their collaborators killed children both for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks. A much smaller number were saved. Some simply survived, often in a ghetto , occasionally in a concentration camp.
T he innocent world of Jewish children living in Germany changed when the Nazis came to power in The Jews were a special target of Nazi ideology and policies, which ultimately resulted in the Holocaust.
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Tolerance for Kids
When the war in Europe ended in May , more than 1 million - perhaps as many as 1. They were systematically targeted as victims in the Nazi calculated program of genocide. Liberation from Nazi tyranny brought no end to the sufferings of the Jewish children who survived - many would have to face the future without any living family members or without knowledge of their Jewish identity. But the Hitlerian beast is quite different. It would devour the dearest of us, those who arouse the greatest compassion—our innocent children. Hitler made the decision in to carry out the systematic mass murder of Jews. Mobile killing squads followed the German army into the Soviet Union in June , and by the end of the year, murdered almost 1 million Jewish men, women, and children.
This page has some information for kids about the Holocaust. It includes some photos and definitions of words. From the late s to the mid s, the Nazis in Germany killed six million Jewish people, plus millions of other people, like Gypsies, Catholics, and the disabled. The Holocaust happened because one group of powerful people was intolerant of other people who were different from them. Even though the Holocaust is an extreme example of hate, it is important to recognize that when you see someone being a bully, they are engaging in the same behavior that started the Holocaust. Hitler wanted to create a new and better Germany by ridding the country of all the Jewish people who lived there.