Czech Republic
Murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp on August 29, 1944, age 5.
Latvia
Killed in a mass grave at Riga, Latvia on October 25, 1941 at ages 4 & 3.
Belguim
Murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp on September 14, 1942 at age 5.
Germany
He had microcephaly and was killed by an overdose of morphine.
Belgium
Deported to Auschwitz Death Camp then murdered on August 17, 1942 at age 5.
Belgium
Murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp on September 1942 at age 4.
Germany
Had seizures and difficulty speaking. Died of starvation on May 16, 1945 at age 9.
Belgium
Deported to Auschwitz then murdered 5 years later on December 10th at age 7.
Germany
Murdered on November 20, 1941 at age 3 years.
Belgium
Born 1936, killed 1944 Auschwitz
Germany
Deported to Auschwitz Death Camp then murdered 4 years later at age 5 years.
Romania
Murdered at Bershad camp in Ukraine in 1943 at age 4.
Germany
Transferred to the "Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Eichberg" & was killed by a medical experiment on October 6, 1943 at age 4. (He had difficulty speaking and hearing and couldn't walk.)
Deported at 6 mos
Romania
Murdered at Odessa, Ukraine in 1941 at age 5.
Italy
Deported to Auschwitz Death Camp on October 18, 1943 with his mother and sister Mara (3) and brother Mario (2) then murdered 5 days later at age 5.
France
Born 1933, killed 1942 Auschwitz
Germany
Murdered at Auschwitz Death Camp on October 31, 1944 at age 7.
France
Born 1939, killed 1943 Auschwitz
Romania
Murdered at Auschwitz Death camp in 1944 at age 1 year.
Germany
Diagnosed with a debility, murdered in the gas chamber on November 1, 1943 at age 5.
Netherlands
Born 1941, killed 1943 Sobibor
Born 1938, killed 1942 Auschwitz
Born 1936, killed 1942 Auschwitz
Murdered in Auschwitz on Jul. 23, 1942
Paris
Killed age 7, Auschwitz
Killed age 12, Auschwitz
Killed age 6, Oswiecim
Belgium
Killed age 5, Auschwitz
Netherlands
Killed at 4 mos, Auschwitz
France
Killed age 4, Oswiecim
Killed age 3, Auschwitz
Killed age 6, Auschwitz
Netherlands
Killed age 6, Auschwitz
Killed age 4, Auschwitz
Netherlands
Killed at 8 months, Auschwitz
Killed age 3, Sobibor
Killed age 6, Sobibor
Killed age 7, Sobibor
Killed at age 8 months, Auschwitz
France
Killed ages 2 & 9 yrs, Auschwitz
Killed ages 4 & 2, Auschwitz
Killed ages 5 & 7, Sobibor
Killed at almost age 3, Auschwitz
Killed age 4, Auschwitz
Killed age 8, Auschwitz
Killed age 6, Auschwitz
Killed age 3, Auschwitz
Entire family killed
Auschwitz, 1943
Two years later, laws banning marriage or sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews were enacted and later expanded to include "Gypsies, Negroes, or their bastard offspring". And one year after that, the Four-Year Economic Plan's aim was to gain independence from foreign trade. Within five years the Holocaust was in motion. Millions of people - Jews, Slavs, Romani, Russians, mentally and physically disabled people, Jehovah's Witnesses, and more - were killed. And plans were in place to starve millions of "racially inferior" Europeans (controlled territories such as Russia, Slavic nations, etc) by seizing their food supplies and giving them to Germans.
Numbers: Roughly 1.5 million children were victims of the Holocaust. In total about 11 million victims, which included not only around 6 million Jews, but also Poles and other Slavs, Soviet citizens, Soviet POWs, Romanis (Gypsies), Communists, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the mentally and physically disabled, were victims of the Nazi regime. By the end, 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war and 29 million soldiers and civilians died because of the war. Hate and fear can take a great toll.
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