ʻO ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka International Children's Day e pili ana i ka pepehi kanaka Lidice, kahi pepehi kanaka i hana ʻia i ke Kaua Honua II. Ma ka lā 10 o Iune, 1942, ua pana a pepehi ʻia nā poʻe fascist Kelemania ma mua o 140 mau kāne kāne ma mua o 16 mau makahiki a me nā pēpē āpau ma ke kauhale ʻo Czech ʻo Lidice, a hoʻouna aku i nā wahine a me nā keiki 90 i kahi kahua hoʻopaʻa. Ua puhi ʻia nā hale a me nā hale o ke kauhale, a ua luku ʻia kahi kauhale maikaʻi e nā fascist Kelemania e like me kēia. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ua kaumaha ka hoʻokele waiwai a puni ka honua, a he mau tausani o nā limahana hana ʻole a noho i kahi ola pōloli a me ke anuanu. ʻOi aku ka ʻino o ke kūlana o nā keiki, ua loaʻa kekahi i nā maʻi lele a make pū kekahi; ua koi ʻia kekahi poʻe e hana ma ke ʻano he poʻe paʻahana keiki, e ʻeha ʻia ana, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻoia ʻia ko lākou ola a me ko lākou ola. I mea e kanikau ai i ka pepehi kanaka Lidice a me nā keiki a pau i make i ke kaua ma ka honua, e kū'ē i ka pepehi kanaka a me ka make ʻana o nā keiki, a me ka pale ʻana i nā kuleana o nā keiki, i Nowemapa 1949, ua mālama ka International Federation of Democratic Women i kahi ʻaha kūkā ma Moscow, a ua hōʻike huhū nā ʻelele o nā ʻāina like ʻole i ka hewa o ka pepehi kanaka a me nā keiki ʻawaʻawa e nā imperial. I mea e pale ai i nā pono o ke ola, mālama ola kino a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i nā keiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, i mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke ola o nā keiki, ua hoʻoholo ka hālāwai e hana i ka lā 1 o Iune i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ke ʻano he International Children's Day.

ʻO ka lā ʻapōpō ka lā keiki. Makemake au i nā keiki a pau i ka lā hauʻoli. , e ulu me ke olakino a me ka hauʻoli!