Holocaust#2 Review - COMPLETED! by Barry Coleman

In which occupied country would you find the "Maquis," a resistance group fighting the Nazis?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-19 18:33:50 UTC

France

What motion picture, directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of Oskar Schindler's saving of so many Jews?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-19 19:22:30 UTC

Schindler's List

To what death camp did most Warsaw Jews go to die?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-19 19:27:32 UTC

Treblinka

How long did Poland hold out to the Nazis in 1939 before they surrendered?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-19 19:28:21 UTC

3 weeks

How was Roddie Edmonds threatened by the Prisoner of War camp commander?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-19 19:29:06 UTC

The German commander put a gun to his head.

How did Eva Galler survive the end of the war?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 12:49:50 UTC

pretended to be Catholic while living in Austria with a German couple

Eva Galler's sister just one year younger than she, was a very talented _________________.

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:17:57 UTC

singing

Death camp prisoners who were forced to assist in the murder process of fellow prisoners:

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:18:20 UTC

Sonderkommando

How close was Siggy Boraks hometown of Wielun, Poland from the German border?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:18:58 UTC

7 km

When she leapt from the moving train, Eva Galler had been headed to which death camp?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:19:23 UTC

Belzec

At age 17 Thomas Buergenthal came to America by himself, as his mother had remarried and decided to move here:

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:20:23 UTC

His mother moved to Israel

How many children is it recognized Irena Sendler's group saved from the Warsaw Ghetto?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:20:51 UTC

2,500

Siggy had a Green Card allowing him to work and stay out of the camps. What job did Siggy have initially, giving him the Green Card?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:21:53 UTC

He worked for the Railroad

When Eva Galler jumped from the train, what saved her life?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:23:11 UTC

snow bank

What excuse did Irena Sendler use to sneak children out of the Ghetto, right beneath the eyes of the guards?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:23:33 UTC

They were sick or diseased

What level of school did Sophie Scholl teach in order to try to stay out of compulsory national labor?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:24:19 UTC

kindergarten

What honor by Israel was Roddie Edmonds given (the only U.S. military person given this)?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:24:48 UTC

righteous gentile

In which Polish city was Oskar Schindler's factory originally located?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:24:59 UTC

Krakow

Who was the German Army colonel who nearly blew up Hitler in Operation Valkyrie?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:25:34 UTC

Claus von Stauffenberg

What did Oskar Schindler make at his factory?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:26:13 UTC

Cookware for the Army

Why were Polish civilians reluctant to help Jews (like Eva Galler)?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:26:37 UTC

if they got caught hiding them the get killed

How did the Germans kill Hannah Szenes?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:26:53 UTC

firing squad

What was the "ZOB" ?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:27:15 UTC

Jewish Fighting Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto

What did the Nazis do to the camp after they closed Treblinka?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:27:54 UTC

They completely dismantled it to wipe its existence away.

What is the name of the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth, which Sophie Scholl participated in and was at one time enthusiastic about?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:28:10 UTC

League of German Girls

What did Miep Gies do to earn fame in Holocaust studies?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:28:59 UTC

She saved Anne Frank's diary and returned it to Otto Frank after the war.

What kind of business did Thomas Buergenthal's family have in Slovakia, before it was taken over by the local nazis (not German, but Slovakian)?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:29:20 UTC

They owned a hotel

Even though she snuck many children out of the Ghetto, what was Irena Sendler unsuccessful in doing after the war?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:29:49 UTC

Reuniting the children with their natural parents

When did the Germans like to time major arrests and actions?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:30:12 UTC

Jewish Holidays

What camp was Siggy in at the end of the war when he was liberated by U.S. soldiers?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:30:35 UTC

Dachau

Who was Roland Freisler?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:31:43 UTC

Judge in the People's Court who sentenced Hans and Sophie Scholl.

What was a common way a slave laborer in a German's munitions factory might try to fight back against the Nazis?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:32:01 UTC

Sabotage grenades

What religious group ran afoul of the Nazis for refusing military service?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:32:14 UTC

Jehovah’s Witnesses

From what university did Eva Galler eventually get a degree in 1979?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:32:25 UTC

New Orleans

In which state did high school students write the Play "Life in a Jar" about Irena Sendler?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:33:27 UTC

Kansas

Before the war, why was Irena expelled from the University?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:33:41 UTC

She sat on the side of the room with the Jews

How much did Siggy Boraks weigh at the end of the war?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:34:13 UTC

68 pounds

What was remarkable about the family of Anne Levy and Lila Millen (Skorecky) after the war?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:35:12 UTC

They were intact (Father,Mother, 2 children), which was very rare among Jewish families.

What is the name for the agricultural community Hannah Szenes lived on in Palestine?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:36:28 UTC

Kibbutz

What part of the German military ran the death camps?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:49:56 UTC

What defeat of the Germans in Russia in early 1943, was the cause for Hans and Sophie Scholl to get more militant in their opposition?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:50:51 UTC

Stalingrad

What was the aim of the Sonderkommando Revolt (they were only partially successful)

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:51:17 UTC

Blow up all Crematorium at Auschwitz. (They blew up only 1)

What is the term for the area where the trains arrive in Auschwitz and the prisoners get out and are selected?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:51:35 UTC

The Ramp

In Yugoslavia, the German policy was to kill this number of civilians for every German soldier killed:

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:51:49 UTC

What is a Germanic language spoken by many European Jews before World War II?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:52:22 UTC

yiddish

What was the name of the winding path to the gas chamber at Sobibor?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:52:42 UTC

Himmelstrasse (Highway to Heaven)

Where was Hannah Szenes originally from in Europe?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:53:03 UTC

Budapest, Hungary

What Death camp saw the largest successful escape?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:53:27 UTC

Sobibor (300)

At what University did Hans and Sophie Scholl attend, where they actively starting fighting against the Nazis?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:53:51 UTC

Munich

How long did the Warsaw Ghetto revolt last?

barry_coleman — 2015-04-20 13:54:18 UTC

4 weeks