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There were survivors, and a small number of them were children. Later, as adults, they started to talk about what happened - though for some it was many years before they could end their silence. Some of them have made a point of going into schools and clubs to talk about their experience of the Holocaust. They do this because they know personal testimony and evidence are important. We human beings need to realise the terrible acts we are capable of, so we can learn to stop them. If we are helped to understand this when still young, there's some hope for the future.
Here are glimpses from the stories of eight lives. All of them offer a way in to talk with children (at what age? - it depends on them) about the Holocaust and its burden of cruelty and grief.
Some aspects that might be discussed have been highlighted, as a starting point. But generally it's desirable that young people hearing/reading all or any of these stories are left to respond, question, and search for more information themselves: supported, but not led.
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Remaining chimney stack in Auswitsch
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