The fates of Jewish and non-Jewish children can be categorized and judged all by one person. camps became very close with each other and became a family almost. Oftentimes they had become separated from their family members and developed new relationships within their co-workers. Despite this tenuous support, all of these children suffered emotionally from the horrible conditions and treatment they endured and witnessed. We are the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. We eluded the Nazi's plan for the annihilation of all Jewish children by hiding in convents and orphanages, in hay lofts and attics, in cellars and sewers, on farms and in woods, in villages and cities far from our homes.
We are the “lucky” ones—the last …show more content…
These survivors speak for their friends and siblings—the one-and-a-half million children who were murdered during the Holocaust. The stories of the survivors are resources and activities for middle and high school students that will help in increasing their awareness of the Holocaust and how it affected the children.Everyone knows about the 6 million. Beth Cohen, a religious-studies lecturer at CSUN, wanted to focus on a different number as she convened a March 26 panel discussion on campus with three child survivors of the Holocaust.“Perhaps what is lesser known is that 1.5 million children were killed — that there were roughly 150,000 children left,” she said. “About 90 percent of Jewish children were murdered.”Those who remain share unique stories that reveal much not just about the state of Europe before World War II, but of those who made survival possible. Three such survivors — Peter Daniels, Marie Kaufmann and Eva Katz Brettler — spoke about their experiences during the event sponsored by the CSUN Jewish.The Kedushat Levi taught that there are two types of wonder a person can cultivate: Yirah penimit and yirat chizzonite – internal and external awe. It is well in our ability to cultivate simultaneously a deep spiritual relationship with the world and a profound inner spiritual life. Immanuel Kant wrote: “Two things fill me with wonder: the starry sky above and the moral law within.”Those who are on fire, who keep their finger on the mission and their eyes on the prize can resemble angels on Earth. In the Jacob’s ladder story, the angels were “going up and coming down” on the ladder. The ancient rabbis point out that the order seems wrong. Angels should descend first and only then ascend back to the