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Yad Vashem: Daily Life in the Camps WebsiteYad Vashem: Daily Life in the Camps Website
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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Yad Vashem: Daily Life in the Camps

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Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust by topic and listed all primary sources related to that topic in order to make sources more accessible. This specific topic contains primary sources related to daily life in the camps.

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concentration camps

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holocaust, life in the concentration camps, testimonies from jewish prisoners, concentration and extermination camps

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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