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An estimated 1.5 million children, nearly all [[Jews|Jewish]], were murdered during the Holocaust, either directly by or as a direct consequence of Nazi actions. |
An estimated 1.5 million children, nearly all [[Jews|Jewish]], were murdered during the Holocaust, either directly by or as a direct consequence of Nazi actions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Children during the Holocaust |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/children-during-the-holocaust |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org |language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:46, 12 October 2024
Nazi crimes against children refer to various crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the Nazi Germany against children.
The Nazis advocated killing children of unwanted or "dangerous" people in accordance with their ideological views, either as part of the Nazi idea of the racial struggle or as a measure of preventive security. They particularly targeted Jewish children (see The Holocaust), but also targeted ethnically Polish children and Romani (also called Gypsy) children and children with mental or physical disabilities. The Nazis and their collaborators killed children for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks.[1]
Euthanasia of children
Nazis established centers for children euthanasia (Kinderfachabteilung, lit. "pediatric specialty care units") in 1939 as part of their program to eliminate disabled people. Those centers were responsible for killings of thousands of children; others were sterilized.[2]
War crimes
After German invasion of Poland, Germans begun a campaign of mass repressions against the Poles. Already in fall of 1939, a number of massacres of Polish civilians were carried out, often in the form of collective punishment in retaliation for real or alleged acts of resistance. In a number of cases (ex. Tryszczyn massacre[3]: 158–159 , Pomeranian massacre in Gdynia, Wawer massacre) victims included children (teenagers under 18, and children as young as 12).[4]: 17–18
Children in the Holocaust
An estimated 1.5 million children, nearly all Jewish, were murdered during the Holocaust, either directly by or as a direct consequence of Nazi actions.[5]
See also
- Children in the Holocaust
- Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
- Military_use_of_children_in_World_War_II#German_armed_forces
- Nazi birthing centres for foreign workers
References
- ^ "CHILDREN DURING THE HOLOCAUST". United states Holocaust Memorial Museum. October 1, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ Kaelber, Lutz (2012-09). "Child Murder in Nazi Germany: The Memory of Nazi Medical Crimes and Commemoration of "Children's Euthanasia" Victims at Two Facilities (Eichberg, Kalmenhof)". Societies. 2 (3): 157–194. doi:10.3390/soc2030157. ISSN 2075-4698.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939: operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce "Intelligenzaktion". Monografie / Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. ISBN 978-83-7629-063-8.
- ^ Lukas, Richard C. (1994). Did the children cry? Hitler's war against Jewish and Polish children, 1939-1945. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0242-0.
- ^ "Children during the Holocaust". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2024-10-12.