The unique primary sources gathered here explore some of the wide variety of Jewish experiences of persecution during the Holocaust—and show how different kinds of Holocaust diaries can add to our knowledge and understanding of these events.

Very few of the millions of children persecuted during the Holocaust wrote diaries and journals that have survived. Each diary reflects a fragment of its author's life. Taken together, the diaries provide readers with a varied and complex view of young …

Diaries bear witness to some of the most heart-breaking experiences of the Holocaust. They are a "real time" record of an individual's life. They also document the fear, loss, trauma, and sometimes even the hope felt by human beings facing extreme peril.

One-and-a-half million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust, the majority of them with no one to perpetuate their memory or even their names. This ceremony highlights excerpts from the diaries of three Jewish children, as well as poems and memoirs.

In summer 1942, French police started rounding up so-called "foreign Jews" in both zones. In Paris alone, some 13,000 Jews were rounded up in July. They were eventually deported via Drancy to their deaths at Auschwitz. 1. Peter Feigl recorded this diary entry while enrolled at a Catholic summer camp in Vichy France in 1942.

Aug 2, 2016 · An entry from the diary of Klaus Langer from November 11, 1938, in which Langer describes his experiences during Kristallnacht.

Sep 26, 2022 · This companion guide to the film I'm Still Here helps educators use diary entries from young people who witnessed the Holocaust as a springboard for discussion and reflection.

These pages of Korczak's diary provide a glimpse into the doctor's state of mind in late July 1942 as Nazi authorities began a massive wave of deportations from the ghetto. The featured entries reflect his concerns over the children's mental health, their weight loss, and the poor quality of their food and medicine.

Explore a series of articles about diaries and journals kept during the Holocaust. Each diary reflects a fragment of its author's life. These records bear witness to some of the most heart-breaking experiences of the Holocaust.

Sep 24, 2019 · Hidden for 70 years, a new invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature—the diary of Renia Spiegel—was rediscovered inside a desk in New York