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Claudine Schwartz-Rudel was seven years old when she fled from Paris to Southern France with her parents. Before they left Paris, Claudine's parents gave her a doll named Colette Opening Tens of thousands of Jews sought shelter in lofts, cellars, bunkers, sewers, and similar places. Many equipped themselves with forged papers, while children were often concealed with Christian families. The survival ratio was low: most fugitives were discovered and murdered. The number of Jews who survived by going underground is estimated in the thousands.
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Jewish kindergarten, Berlin 1934

Jewish kindergarten, Berlin 1934

 Names and fate of these children from Poland are unknown

Names and fate of these children from Poland are unknown

The world of Jewish children in Europe before the Holocaust was characterized by a great diversity:

each child and his family, each child and his immediate surroundings, each child and the cultural environment in which he was raised.

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