Camps

Camps Most of the children threatened by the Holocaust didn't get the chance to go into hiding, where they had better chance of survival. This ment thousands of children were sent into forced labor camps or concentration camps. 216,000 jewish children were deported into Aushwitz. Within these camps, conditions were horrid. The barracks were over crowded with malnourished, over-worked, and under-fed bodies. They would assign over 20 people to sleep upon a two matress bunk bed. The stench inside the barracks was enough to kill you itself. Human waste covered the wooden floor boards, sometimes reaching ankle high. For they were kept in their barracks for days on end and werent aloud to use the bathrooms until they were let out. A skeleton child would even stand in the waste in order to keep their bony feet and ankles warm during cold periods. The older jewish children were selected for forced labor camps, which increased their chances of living through this massacre. Only 6,700 teens, however; were selected for forced labor. Children were most likely to be sent straight into gas chamabers. Infants born inside of the camps were executed immediately after their birth.

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