Children+That+Were+Hidden

__**Children In Hiding **__ Many children in the Holocaust attempted hiding in places that they thought the Nazi’s would not think to look. Sometimes children would try to escape by themselves or with a relative to Jewish partisan family camps. Some of the people that hid children included Catholic priests and nuns. They hid them from 1942 until 1944 and in Italy and Belgium, a lot of the kids survived because they were hidden. A bunch of kids were hidden in various places. Some of those included attics, closets, basements, or underground tunnels. They were even hidden in sewers, forests, and caves. Many children got new identities and were put into orphanages. They got new names, religions, and lived without their true families. Their old identities were gone and who they really were was hidden.

In America, the first group of people to attempt to bring home many ‘lost’ children was the German Jewish Children’s Aid or otherwise known as the GJCA. This association was formed in New York in the year 1934. This organization accomplished bringing home 590 refugee children to the United States.

Even though many children had to give up their real identities, tens of thousands of Jewish children who were hidden survived. Children Hidden in Orphanages in Europe as a Result of the Holocaust []  Artifact Gallery of Hidden Children. Link provided by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.