Children
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“Give Me Your Children”: Voices from the Lodz Ghetto
The Jewish children of Lodz suffered the unfolding harsh realities and recorded their experiences. Their voices—preserved in letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories—as well as historical photographs, original documents, and objects from collections around the world offer a view into the struggle of a community and its young to live in spite of the most difficult circumstances.
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Personal Histories
The items people chose to take with them as they fled Nazi persecution; a mother’s efforts to protect her child; the atmosphere in ghettos in the aftermath of roundups and deportations; conditions in cattle cars during deportation—these are among the experiences described in featured personal histories.
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Silent Witness: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress
As a child, Lola Rein survived the Holocaust by hiding in a hole in the ground for seven months, wearing her only possession—a dress sewn by her mother. Now part of the Museum’s collection, this dress bears silent witness to Lola’s extraordinary story.
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