Children

Children in Auschwitz

Second World War

The Windermere Children: the remarkable stories of 300 child survivors of the Holocaust

17th September 1936: The British minister of health, Sir Kingsley Wood, watches nurses weighing newborn twins during a visit to Southmead Hospital in Bristol to see the work local authorities were doing for the maintenance and improvement of health and housing conditions. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Mum hacks: 5 tips for new mothers from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photographs of Anne Frank and her father, Otto, with the typewriter

Censoring Anne Frank: how her famous diary has been edited through history

Youths salute Adolf Hitler

Second World War

Hitler Youth: how the Third Reich used children’s organisations to wage war

Mixed-race babies born after the Second World War

British writer Roald Dahl

Second World War

Roald Dahl11 things you might not know about the children's author

Henry, who would would later accede to the throne as Henry VIII, as a baby. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Young Henry VIII: the boy who would be king

Alan Johnson talks to the History Extra podcast about schools through history. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti)

Schools through time. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Georgian painting depicting children leaving for school

The Georgian guide to perfect parenting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Street urchins in Lambeth, London, 19th century

Escaping the workhouse: the Victorian war on child poverty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

Guernsey’s child evacuees. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

Scout Troop

Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.