Why did Nazi Germany kill kids in the Holocaust?

Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. The Nazis advocated killing children of “unwanted” or “dangerous” groups either as part of the “racial struggle” or as a measure of preventative security. read more

People weren’t killed in the Holocaust for what they DID (someone did such-and-such bad to Germany). They were killed for what they represented. “Kids” represent the “future” for any ethnic group. If allowed to grow up, they would live the longest, and produce the most children. The Nazis killed the children of “target” groups with the intention that such groups have no future. read more

Kindertransport (Children's Transport) was the informal name of a rescue effort between 1938 and 1940 which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children (without their parents) to safety in Great Britain from Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories. read more

Examples include Romani (Gypsy) children killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; 5,000 to 7,000 children killed as victims of the "euthanasia" program; children murdered in reprisals, including most of the children of Lidice; and children in villages in the occupied Soviet Union who were killed with their parents. read more