Never in the history of mankind has there ever been recorded anything that compares to the atrocities and vile treatment by the Nazis from 1940 through 1944 in Europe of its fellow citizens! Â
Germany operated 23 concentration camps with up to 1,000 satellite camps that saw 6 million-plus Jews exterminated, including 1.5 million children and 5,000 to 7,000 gypsies.
While, obviously, all the deaths are important, the 1.5 million children tears at oneâs conscious and sense of decency! Understandably, with as many victims passing through the camps, massive stockpiles of personal items remained, shoes, glasses, clothing and jewelry.Â
Only in recent years has the Auschwitz-Bernanke Museum started uncovering notes, documents and personal messages from desperate mothers left in children s shoes, trying to leave a record of their children who were condemned to die, leaving personal information for posterity and history of their child for some record of their existence.