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[quote=Anonymous]We told our oldest at 8 and the 5 year old was there though she didn't really ask any questions. But she's now heard the term so eventually she will. I felt like a little earlier might have been better. Anyway, we did it in an age-appropriate way and will expand on it as they get older. We have mentioned it several time since the first, incorporated it when he asks questions like "who are xyz relatives' parents" and we explain that on one of the family all the relatives were murdered, whereas on the other everyone came over before the Holocaust and so survived, etc.

I don't remember ever not knowing, but my grandparents were very active in the Jewish community, had friends who were survivors whom we visited, grandfather was a WWII veteran, etc. So it was naturally a big part of their lives. I recall reading Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic at around age 10 - which my grandmother lent to me from the synagogue library, of which she was librarian - and that made a huge impression and reinforced whatever other messages I'd gotten. [/quote]

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