Holocaust Hiding Methods

During the Holocaust children had slim chances of survival unless someone stepped in to help hide or disguise them and increase their chances of survival. Organizations were even set up to help increase the chance of a child not having to experience the atrocities of a death camp. Obstacles were often encountered that had to be overcome. In order to overcome some of these obstacles, major adjustments would sometimes have to be made to their already altered lifestyles. Going into hiding could potentially save the life of a Jewish child, but finding these hiding places could be hard. People that were up to the challenge of taking a child into hiding usually asked the family for money since it was such a risky process (Greenfield 33). If the family wasn’t able to give the money that was being asked for, the person would back out of helping to save the child. One of the factors that could help determine where and if a child was able to be hidden had to do with whether the family had close relations with an Anti-Nazi practicer (Greenfield 33). More often than not, a hiding place was found purely by chance (Greenfield 33). Once a hiding place was found, the actual hiding process of a child began.
There were different ways that a rescuer could hide a child that they had taken in. Sometimes, they were physically hidden, such …show more content…
Most hidden children were treated very well (“Hidden Children”). Other kids weren’t as lucky and didn’t get to experience this kindness. Some were beaten or sometimes even sexually abused (“Hidden Children”). Friendliness wasn’t the only thing that could be scarce. Food was also occasionally difficult to find. Due to the scarcity of it, the children sometimes would have to find their own such as, “garbage, grass, hay, insects or small animals” (Kustanowitz 12). Even if the treatment and the food weren’t the best, it was better than the death