Fate of children

Children in Auschwitz

On the basis of the partially preserved camp records and estimates, it has been established that there were approximately 232 thousand children and young people up to the age of 18 among the 1.3 million or more people deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. 

This figure includes about 216 thousand Jews, 11 thousand Roma, at least 3 thousand Poles, over 1 thousand Belorussians, and significant numbers of Russians, Ukrainians, and others. The majority of them were deported to Auschwitz along with their parents in various campaigns directed against whole ethnic or social groups. Slightly more than 23.5 thousand children and young people were registered in the camp, out of the total of 400 thousand registered prisoners.

Listen to our "On Auschwitz" podcast about children at Auschwitz.