
History and Hearsay
On this podcast we discuss lesser known characters and events from history. Some of the details of these historical accounts may be debated and on this show YOU get to decided: Is it History? Or is it Hearsay?
History and Hearsay
Forgotten Voices: The Children of World War II
In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the children of WWII
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:26 - Children during the Holocaust
3:52 - Non-Jewish Children
4:34 - Medical Experiments
7:52 - Disabled Children
10:36 - Kindertransport
13:23 - British Evacuees
19:44 - Going into Hiding
24:34 - Death Toll & After Effects of the War
28:54 - Surviving Children
30:23 - Wolfskinder - Wolf Children
35:18 - Final Thoughts
►Sources:
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/girl-concentration-camp-disturbed-children-1948/
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/society/david-seymour-children-of-europe/
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/life-in-shadows-hidden-children-and-the-holocaust
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60517
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60519
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59520
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/kindertransport/#:~:text=The Kindertransport was a British,children from Nazi occupied territories
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-evacuated-children-of-the-second-world-war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_children
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12094836/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1466-7657.2002.00110.x
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-evacuated-children-of-the-second-world-war
https://www.dw.com/en/german-wolf-children-the-forgotten-orphans-of-wwii/a-41214994
https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/fate-of-children/the-fate-of-the-children/
https://www.histsem.uni-kiel.de/en/das-institut-1/abteilungen/russian-and-eastern-european-history/research-projects/history-of-childhood/german-orphans-in-eastern-europe-after-the-second-world-war-1#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20war,in%20foster%20and%20adoptive%20families
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