Because young people were more susceptible to Nazi persecution, children of the Holocaust could teach my generation and generations to come the value of all children, no matter what their religious background or ethnicity. I once heard someone say "Never tell a child her dreams are unlikely or outlandish; few things are more humiliating, and what a pity it would be if she believed you." Many people's dreams were deferred during the Holocaust because they lost their loved ones, their strength, and their hope.
             Children of the Holocaust experienced many atrocities that most teenagers couldn 't comprehend. Approximately 1.2
             million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust, including tens of thousands of Roma and Sinti (gypsy) children and thousands of institutionalized and handicapped children. Nazi persecution, arrests, and deportations were directed against all members of Jewish families, without concern for age. Many encounters were documented where children witnessed the murder of parents, siblings, and relatives. In numerous other incidents, children were shot in front of their parents. I would never be able to deal with these actions because my family is my life! Their chances of survival were usually smaller than those of adults. Nazi persecution was directed against all Jewish families. After 1933 Jewish children faced terrible realities as their world of childhood and adolescence, usually a time of testing and experimentation, became a time of shrinking horizons and vulnerabilities.
             The world of Jewish children was rapidly restricted as soon as the Nazis came to power. One of the first laws that affected Jewish students was the "Law against overcrowding in German schools and universities." I can't begin to imagine what I would do if someone announced that I could no longer go to school because I am a
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