Because Nazi ideology held that a person’s worth was in their ability to work, the elderly were in an especially vulnerable position during World War II and the Holocaust. Aging is often accompanied by new health concerns and physical limitations, and elderly people had a lower chance of surviving the malnutrition, disease, and violence that many experienced under the Nazi regime.
aging & the elderly
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The Holocaust and the Moving Image
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustBenjamin Gasul, "The Jewish Ghetto"
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Adolf Guttentag
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Holocaust Diaries
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustDiary of Đura Rajs
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Adolf Renert to the National Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Croatia
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Wartime Correspondence
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Amalie Malsch to Wilhelm Malsch
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Jewish Refugees and the Holocaust
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from Arthur Werner to Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
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The Holocaust in Yugoslavia
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustLetter from the Jewish Community of Brod na Savi to the Jewish Communities of Zagreb and Sarajevo
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The Holocaust and the Moving Image
Jewish Perspectives on the HolocaustMarcus Tennenbaum, Family Home Movies
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German Police and the Nazi Regime
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustPhotograph of German Order Police Publicly Humiliating a Jewish Man