Hidden Lives: Stories from Child Survivors of the Holocaust

One and a half million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust. The Nazis’ goal to eradicate the entire Jewish population in Europe included children—from infants to teenagers—who were targeted as part of the coordinated genocide that led to the murder of six million Jews. Those children who survived were often hidden: in convents, orphanages, haylofts, forests—even sewers.

Hidden Lives is a collection of true stories written by the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. Desperation co...