https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty A Child of the Holocaust en-us 2018-05-16 11:38:31 UTC 2026-03-24 22:31:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261173541 Helga Weiss was a teenage girl who survived the Holocaust. She lied about her age to the "Angel of Death", Josef Mengele.  She also survived to 4 different concentration camps.]]> 2018-05-16 11:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261173541 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261592222 She spent 3 years in Terezin before going to Auschwitz. Once she got there, everyone was sent on a platform. Some selection began. People fit to work went right and those who were not were sent left. That is where she had to say she was 17 instead of 14 in order to live. She went to the right with her mother, which meant she lived. After spending about 10 days in Auschwitz, she and her mother were transported to Freiburg. They spent 5 months polishing German airplane parts. Their next destination was the gas chambers of Mauthausen. There was a 16-day "Death Train" between the two camps. Many people died on the travel there alone. Two days before they got to the destination, it was destroyed by Allied Forces. She and her mother got out alive.]]> 2018-05-17 14:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261592222 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261593940 There were 1,500 children who didn't make it past Terezin. There were about 100 who did and Helga is one of them. ]]> 2018-05-17 14:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261593940 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671519 This was the largest, and worst camp of all in the Holocaust. Helga went there for only 10 days and she says it was horrible. This was where she had to lie about her age. From here is where her father was shipped to what she thinks was the gas chambers.]]> 2018-05-17 17:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671519 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671559 This was the first camp she went to and the least harsh as she described. She spent 3 years here which was where she spent most time overall. Over 32,00 people died before transports to execution camps even began, but It was a "paradise" compared to Auschwitz she says. She made friends, had dances, and even found her first love. There were secret operas, musicals, lectures, and even more. "And you know, it was not good. But those of us who passed through other camps remember Terezin like a paradise," she says about it. She made her first drawing here, she drew what she saw. She describes that piece, "It shows they wanted to decimate us psychologically as well as physically." ]]> 2018-05-17 17:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671559 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671582 Helga and her mother were never separated during the entirety of the Holocaust. It was a miracle for them. They both returned home together. It was hard to restart for them, they had to begin a new life in a way. People were surprised and happy at their return. Helga found her way to live after this monstrosity, and stayed by her mothers side until she died. Helga became known as an artist and now sells her diary from the Holocaust. She lives in her childhood home, now 88 years old.]]> 2018-05-17 17:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671582 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671673 Helga expains, "This is my duty... to tell the story for as long as I am able. We are very few now. I am one of the youngest. One of the children. We still call ourselves the girls from 24 because that was the number of our room at Terezín. But now the girls are all over 80. In a few years there will be nobody left. And so we try to leave something behind." She doesn't seem like she did much, but she is the justice for all those who died, and she gets to share the stories.]]> 2018-05-17 17:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261671673 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261775543 After her 10 days in Auschwitz, she was sent to Freiburg. For 5 months, she polished German Airplane parts. Then came the 16-Day Death Train to Mauthausen. Many things happened during the travel. People survived off of sugar, three babies were born, dead bodies were thrown off the train, it was so filled they couldn't move. "This journey was very bad," she explains. They were headed straight for the gas chambers. Two days before they reached the destination, it was destroyed. They were liberated by Allied Forces. She survived.]]> 2018-05-18 00:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261775543 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261793269 2018-05-18 02:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261793269 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877479 2018-05-18 11:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877479 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877741 2018-05-18 11:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877741 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877999 This is her art]]> 2018-05-18 11:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261877999 brooklynn_cahill https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261878500 2018-05-18 11:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brooklynn_cahill/9dxb4m06fgty/wish/261878500