Children
During WW2
Being a child during WW2
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Children During WW2
Have you ever wondered what it's was like to be a child in world war 2? I can assure It's not like today. In world war 2 it was frightening and confusing for a child because they were forced to take the same responsibilities as an adult. Many were separated from family and sent to the countryside, while others ended up in labor and death camps. Being a child during WW2 was frightening and confusing because not only did many family members die, children were often separated from their families and sent to the countryside for safety, or they were sent to work camps and German concentration camps.
Separation from family: Some children had to be separated from their families. Children were separated from their families because of the war. Children were sent on kinder trains to the countryside by parents because the war was threatening the family. Many children under the age of 17 from Nazi rule were sent to the United kingdom Most children were jewish. “Kindertransport, ( German: “Children Transport”) the nine-month rescue effort authorized by the British government and conducted by individuals in various countries and by assorted religious and secular groups that saved some 10,000 children, under age 17 and most of them Jewish, from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the free city of Danzig (Gdańsk) by relocating them to the United Kingdom.”
Goodman, Ernest, and Melissa Hacker. "Kindertransport." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 26 Apr. 2017. Web. 02 June 2017 (from story or research) It supports my analysis by backing up children were sent to the United Kingdom to protect them from dying and the evidence also states some were jewish. Kinder trains were something children in WW2 had to live with. Camps: A nother obstacle children had to deal with was being sent to camps. Children were
kidnapped, taken and relocated to camps. The children were often separated from their parents when their families were taken to concentration camps. they had to take care of themselves. The children who were old enough were used for making items needed for the war such as clothing. Those who were not useful were killed. “The first experimental ‘gas chambers’ were used on German children who were mentally incapacitated.” "Children and World War Two." History Learning Site. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.
More camps:Another camp the children went to were work camps. In addition to children going to concentration camps there were camps for Non jews or POWs. Labor camps were another place children might end up. Here they built airstrips or mined. Children here were not killed but ended up at the work camp because adults were fighting and these kids were taken to help the war. They were not usually Jews or POWs. Some of these kids were from the own axis powers’ countries. “Even though the Germans treated the boys like prisoners, they were technically a work force under German control. Italy and Germany were together in this war, after all.” p46. Being in these camps were horrible they got little food in comparison to the energy they were using to work. It was also horrible because of the winters and clothing provided. Children got little clothing during the cold winters in work camps and many died. In book the children were taken from Italy (an axis power) and put in camps to help the war. They worked up to 18 hours a day and they were often sent to cold places like Ukraine. On page 92, Roberto is trying to stay warm. He “rubbed his arms up and down; then he put his hands back in his armpits. He had to find cloth to wrap his hands soon. He didn’t know how much longer he could go without getting frostbite. To conclude Being a child during WW2 was frightening and confusing because not only did many family members die, children were often separated from their families and sent to the countryside for safety, or they were sent to work camps and German concentration camps under cruel conditions. So
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