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Surviving the Holocaust  Times were desperate during the Holocaust, yet there were still ways for jewish children, or those of other targeted groups, to survive. One was yas by hiding in ghettos, which were like city-districts set up for the targeted groups. And though many people survived because of them, it was difficult to live there. The ghettos often had miserable conditions, and occupants commonly died anyway of starvation or exposure.Children could also be hidden in concentration camps, but the conditions and atmosphere were also difficult to withstand. The final option for children was to go into hiding. The decision, though, was always a difficult one for families because the more people that needed hiding, the bigger the chance of discovery. Parents and kids were almost always split upm not knowing if they would ever sii each other again. Also, children could slip undercover more easily than adults because they could simply blend in with the other countless orphans of war and they didn't need to carry around official documents as the adults did. Numerous convents, orphanages, and boarding schools were established to take in these children, as well as humanitarian social or religious groups to supply them with false documents and money. Some children made up stories of their past, changed their religion, and even practiced the Christian religion to avoid discovery. In a way, the Holocaust was almost harder for children than adults and affected each one differently, but all had dire effects. Almost all of the people who remember growing up in that time describe the Holocaust as having robbed them of their childhood- it forced all of them to grow up to fast and concentrate all of their efforts on surviving rather than things like school and friends. 