Hegla Weiss by CHLOE FEIGHTNER

Who was Hegla Weiss?

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:16:40 UTC

Hegla Weiss was a girl born in 1929 and Her mother, Irena Fuchsova, was a seamstress and her father, Otto Weiss, worked at the state bank in Prague. She was raised in Prague, and shortly after her twelfth birthday on 10 December 1941, she and her parents were deported to the Terezín ghetto. At the age of 14 she had already been to many concentration camps and on an Auschiwitz station platform in 1944, Hegla Weiss and her mother fooled the most relieved men in modern history.

What was Hegla's act of resistance?

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:18:41 UTC

Not long into her teens, Weiss lied about her age, claiming she was old enough to work for her keep. Her mother persuaded the Nazis under Mengele's command that Helga was in fact her daughter's older sister, and she was sent to the forced labour barracks and not the gas chamber.

How did Hegla make a impact?

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:19:41 UTC

This act of Resistance was very important because it contributed to the act of not following the Germans rules.

Quotes from Hegla

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:22:25 UTC

One of her quotes is,“all of us—are crying silently, but we don’t let our emotions show.”

What is Hegla's Survior Story

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:25:53 UTC

Hegla Weiss was treated like a football getting thrown around from ghetto to concentration camps and wanted to escape. Death was skyrocketing due to the cruel acts of the Nazi and she did not want to be like her father so she tried to escape with her mother. Weiss did not want to go to any more concentration camps so she wanted to go to the labour barracks because it is better there, so her mother lied to the Nazi’s saying that Hegla was old enough to work.

Link and Title of Informational Website I used to find information

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:27:17 UTC

Link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/16/schoolgirl-who-fooled-the-nazis#:~:text=Not%20long%20into%20her%20teens,and%20not%20the%20gas%20chamber.

Title: The schoolgirl who survived the holocaust by fooling the Naz

Relevant video about Hegla Weiss

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:28:02 UTC

https://youtu.be/sQ_xoLwy4Ko?feature=shared

Did she get caught?

cf3239874 — 2025-05-07 13:29:07 UTC

Helga Weiss did not get caught in the sense of being apprehended by the Nazis. She was deported to concentration camps like Terezín and Auschwitz, where she and her mother survived. She survived the war and later wrote a diary about her experiences.