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...Vengeance for the blood of a little boy...the devil hasn't invented it yet...2
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Children and
the Holocaust is a much studied, but little comprehended area of
academics. The truth is,it was hardly academic for a small child,
alone and afraid to face the holocaust alone in terrifying circumstances.
Further, most survivors today were very young when they were placed in
orphanages and then deported on trains and trucks to concentration camps,
bereaved of parents and both watching and being the subject of
unimaginable cruelty. Years pass, and the survivors have grown old, but
the woundings of children still remain indelibly written on the hearts of
the individuals we call "holocaust survivors". After years, we still do to
them, what was done to them in the Shoah: instead of meeting the heart, we
depersonalize them, and the wounds of children remain. As this page
develops, we will look at the experiences of children in hiding, in the
camps, in false identities, some of which have lasted even now, and the
effects of childhood devastation on personal lives and a society.
Elizabeth K. Best
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FOOTNOTES
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1 Poem by Sachs in Ashes 2 Poem by Bialik in Ashes Photo Credits: School; Shoah; Children in Hiding from USHMM photo archives Photo Credit: Bereaved Children: Missing Identities: Picture of Girl killed at Babiyar. Photo Credit: Yaffa Eliach Collection: Eliach, Y. We Were Children Too... |