https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g en-us 2022-03-18 18:43:13 UTC 2025-05-19 16:34:39 UTC hello@padlet.com eggeiger https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401173 2022-03-18 18:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401173 eggeiger https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401174 Details: She tricked the Nazi’s by saying she was old enough to work for her keep and this got her sent to the labor barracks instead of the gas chamber.

Dates: She fooled the Nazis on October 4, 1944

Important Facts: She was only 15 when she fooled the Nazis and she had a gift for painting and drawing so she kept a diary with drawings of the camp she was in.

]]> 2022-03-18 18:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401174 eggeiger https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401175 2022-03-18 18:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401175 eggeiger https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401176 She inspired many people to fight harder and stand up for yourself during the Holocaust and she was one of only 150 to 1,500 children believed to have survived of the 15,000 sent to  the Terezín concentration camp.]]> 2022-03-18 18:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401176 eggeiger https://padlet.com/eggeiger/3u1p4g2eygkmj48g/wish/2102401177 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/16/schoolgirl-who-fooled-the-nazis
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/diary-holocaust-survivor-helga-weiss-1738242
Quote: “all of us—are crying silently, but we don't let our emotions show.” - Helga Weiss

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