The lives of young women during the Holocaust are ones that are continuously overlooked. As seen in most societies, even today, the social pressures and constant commentary on how a teenage girl must conduct herself is harmful. Now place these constraints and stresses into the Holocaust. It is almost unimaginable to fathom the stress placed upon these women. Adolescent girls of the Holocaust not only worried about the everyday traumas that teenagers experience, but also survival and doing everything they possibly could to keep themselves safe. As recalled throughout survivor testimonies from women who were in their teenage years during the Holocaust, being a woman and the attributes as well as the stereotypes that fed into this at times could affect rates of survival. Oftentimes, prison guards and other prisoners subjected girls to a range of gendered violence, including sexual abuse. While truly disturbing, the way the Nazi regime viewed young women factored directly into how they were treated. The abuse and sexualization of these young women had the ability to determine whether or not survival was an option. They were forced to adhere to these feminine expectations even during a time where they had absolutely no control in the situation itself.