Helga Weiss by Esther Reynolds https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg The girl who deceived Josef Mengele en-us 2022-02-11 16:06:29 UTC 2025-05-19 16:34:36 UTC hello@padlet.com s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042698225 2022-02-11 16:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042698225 About Helga: s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042709511 A young girl named Helga, not far into her teens, was a brave Jew during a time of utter terror. She had lied about her age so that she could do labor instead of getting sent to her death. There came a time when the Nazi soldiers began to weed out the adults from the children, she was one of only 150 to 1,500 children believed to have survived of the 15,000 sent to Terezín.]]> 2022-02-11 16:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042709511 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042711854 2022-02-11 16:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042711854 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042712503 During Helga’s time of adolesence under Nazi reign, she kept a diary, similiar to Anne Frank, that showed what life was like for her, and others around her. This diary, along with her public statements to the media, help us retain knowledge of Holocaust history. ]]> 2022-02-11 16:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042712503 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042714451 "And I think that the will to create was an expression of the will to live, and survive, as human beings." - Helga

]]> 2022-02-11 16:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042714451 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042715361 “ "I asked Helga whether it had felt wonderful to be liberated," said Butterfield. "She said, no, it was not that special because by that point she was so ill and had seen so many terrible things it was hard to feel anything."]]> 2022-02-11 16:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042715361 Helga's Art s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042716722 2022-02-11 16:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042716722 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042720437 2022-02-11 16:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042720437 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042721495 2022-02-11 16:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042721495 Terezin s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042723291 2022-02-11 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042723291 Through her diary and art, Helga Weiss tells her story of survival and coping through the Holocaust. After being sent to Terezín at age 14, Helga clung to writing and art. s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042724369 2022-02-11 16:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042724369 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042728963 “all of us—are crying silently, but we don’t let our emotions show.”
― Helga Weiss]]> 2022-02-11 16:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042728963 s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042731389 2022-02-11 16:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042731389 Podcast s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042736060 2022-02-11 16:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042736060 Where is she now? s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042745641  After sur­viv­ing the Holo­caust and the Sec­ond World War, Hel­ga returned to Prague, stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, and became an artist. She has two chil­dren, three grand­chil­dren, and lives to this day in the apart­ment where she was born.]]> 2022-02-11 16:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042745641 Nazi Propaganda used to deceive the public: s24600463 https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042762632 The concentration camp was momentarily transformed into a spa town. After the visit, which the Nazis deemed a success, a propaganda film called Hitler Gives a City to the Jews was made. Days later almost everyone involved, from the Jewish director of the film to the children singing in the opera, were sent to the gas chambers.]]> 2022-02-11 16:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600463/txt61l20w2cu62rg/wish/2042762632