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The Holocaust took place between 1939-1945. The Holocaust is truly an event that is never to be forgotten. Jewish Men, women, and children were killed for no reason at all. Some estimates range as high as 1.5 million murdered children. This includes more than 1.2 million Jewish children, tens of thousands of Gypsy children and thousands handicapped children who were murdered under Nazi rule in Germany. Although children were seldom the targets of Nazi violence because they …

…die. The German children had a less harsh life. They were made to join Hitler's Youth Movement, which were the way the Nazis way of brain washing the children with their beliefs. These children were expected to become future Nazi soldiers. The Germans invaded the countries in Europe trying to make the Aryan race superior to all other races and religions. One of the results of this was that millions of Jewish families were killed.