Children’s Labor

Despite their young age, children in most ghettos were forced to work. This happened for various reasons. Sometimes the father was taken away for forced labor, sometimes the parents couldn’t get a job themselves, and in many cases, although both parents were working, the food was not sufficient for the whole family. Therefore the children had to help. In some ghettos, all the children were forced to work.

Children selling cigarettes in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland.

Children selling cigarettes in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland.

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