ABSTRACT

The public representation and memorialization of Holocaust children in museums and memorials shine a stark light on those most vulnerable victims who were subjected to horrific brutality on a path towards death. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, and from Israel to killing sites in Europe to sites around the world, including regional Holocaust museums in nearly every state in the United States, these institutions and memorials attempt to remember nearly 1.5 million children who were murdered. In doing so, they also frame our perception and collective memory of children’s experiences during the Holocaust.