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The Children’s perception of the Holocaust.

 

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Malvina Lowova, who was killed aged 12, drew a family being deported under armed guard while farmers armed with pitchforks threaten them

Helga Weissova. 13 years old. She tells in this drawing how the Germans forced them to reduce the bunks, with the aim of trying to make the hut appearance less narrow and then cheat the Red Cross inspection. Terezín.helga_1

Edita Pollakova. 9 years old. The deportation train arrives at Terezin. Edita died the October 4th of 1944 at Auschwitz.edita_pollakova

Yehuda Bacon. Being 16 years old he drew this portrait of his father recently gassed and burnt at Auschwitz. The face of his father emerges emaciated through a curtain of smoke.4.0.3P1

“Everyone was hungry” Liana Franklová 10 years old. Terezíneveryone-was-hungry

Helga Weissova. 13 years old. Drawing titled “Terezín arrival”. Helga entered in the concentration field with just 12 years old. She brought a box with paintings and a notebook. She draw more than 100 paintings doing what her father told her: “Paint whatever you see”. Here ended Helga’s childhood. With the responsibility of painting everything she saw and experienced. She was one of the few survivors.helga_4

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3 responses to “The Children’s perception of the Holocaust.”

  1. The Flensburg Files Avatar
    The Flensburg Files

    Hi Dirk, my name is Jason Smith of the Flensburg Files, a German/European-American column devoted to current events, cultural and language themes, history and travel. We’re planning to do a series on the 80th anniversary of the End of WWII and I was wondering if you would be interested in an interview about your blog and the topic on WWII. If so, please contact me, using the e-mail address in the link here: https://flensburgerfiles.wordpress.com/eine-seite/ Just fill out the contact form and provide me with your contact details. I will then send you the questions. Thanks for your help and looking forward to hearin from you soon.

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    1. dirkdeklein Avatar
      dirkdeklein

      Sure, there probably is a time difference though, but I am ok with doing an interview

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  2. tzipporahbatami Avatar
    tzipporahbatami

    A CORRECTION. NO ONE DIED AT AUSCHWITZ. OR AT TEREZIN, THEY WERE MURDERED. EVEN IF THEY PERISHED FROM STARVATION OR TYPHUS, THEY WERE FORCED THERE AND HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE IN FUTURE TO USE ACCEPTED LANGUAGE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN DYING IN A HOSPITAL TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE IN ONES HOME TOWN.

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