tended the children were family members. Others concocted some-
what believable stories to explain their presence, such as that they
were servants or that they had been orphaned during a bombing raid.
Children hidden this way spent weeks to years in a home that was
not their own. Siblings often were not hidden together. People who
agreed to look after Jews may have refused to accept more than one
Children enjoy a meal at an orphanage in Berlin before the start of World
War II. Once the Nazis made clear their intentions toward Europe’s Jews,
some parents managed to send their children into hiding in non-Jewish
orphanages and homes.
