(The approach to Auschwitz)
The horrors of the Holocaust are well known and the figure of 6,000,000 is imbedded in our memory. However, another figure that emerges that is just as repugnant to human consciousness is 1.5-1.6 million. This is the figure associated with the number of children who perished in the Holocaust. The Nazis had no compunction about killing children be it for ideological reasons that made them a danger to the 1000-year Reich or the fact they were unwanted. Some were killed in retaliation for partisan attacks or others were part of the Action T4, the eradication of children with disabilities. No matter the cause of death; Joseph Mengele’s medical experiments, clearing ghettos, the Nazis deemed that children needed to be eliminated. Of the 6,000,000 that perished over 1,000,000 lost their lives at Auschwitz-Birkenau, of that figure it is hard to determine exactly how many were children. …
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