History of Sorts

The aspect I find hardest to reconcile is the Holocaust’s horrific assault on children—the calculated murder of innocents. It’s an atrocity I will never fully comprehend.

Some might argue that the Nazis didn’t target children specifically because they were young, but rather because they—or their parents—were deemed members of so-called dangerous racial, biological, or political groups according to Nazi ideology. But I refuse to entertain such rationalizations. Excuse my language, but I get furious when people attempt to find logic behind the murder of innocent lives. There is no rationale, no justification. The only explanation is unadulterated evil.

Others claim that those who carried out these heinous acts were merely following orders, driven by fear for their own lives. But there is no evidence—none—that suggests anyone was punished for refusing to kill children or adults. Even if such punishments had existed, I know this: if faced with the choice, I would rather have faced death myself than commit the unimaginable crime of harming a child.

If I had stood in their place, I wouldn’t have complied. I would have fought back. Killing a child is a crime so monstrous it annihilates one’s humanity. Every instinct, every shred of decency within me, screams that such actions are irredeemably wrong.

The photographs above and below this text show children being led to transports bound for death camps. These images are haunting because, in another context, they could be mistaken for children going on a school trip. There is no visible panic—just an orderly line of children, completely trusting the adults accompanying them. This stark contrast makes the reality even more chilling.

Tonight, these images will haunt my dreams, but that is a small price to pay. Bearing witness to their suffering, even in memory, is the least I can do.

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