Helga Weiss by ELIZABETH FUENTES

Background

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Helga Weiss was born November 10, 1929 in Prague, Czechia to an assimilated Jewish family. She is a person who fooled the Nazi’s with her drawings.

Act of Resistance

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She lied about her age so she could be old enough to work for her keep. Important Facts: She was 15 in 1944 and her mother and her were deported into Auschwitz. She was 1 of 100 of the people that survived the camp, and she hid drawing when her father told her to draw what you see.

Helga's drawings

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Helga Weiss and her family

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Another one's of Helga's drawings

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Helga

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Helga Weiss quote

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She was a good person that had lots to say. Since she was a smart & clever person she had a way with words she had a amazing quote. the quote was “all of us—are crying silently, but we don't let our emotions show.”-Helga Weiss.

Impact

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She had an impact, when she told people her way of survival on auchswitchz. Her father told her to make drawings of the stuff she had seen during her time there. She also had a diary that was used to write about what she had to go through when living there.

Source

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In this source it talks about her drawings and writing.

Song

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