Holocaust Remembrance and Survivor Stories Quiz

What is the primary focus of the Days of Remembrance as introduced by Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat?

• To discuss current political issues

• To honor the memory of Holocaust victims and learn from history

• To promote cultural diversity

• To celebrate the end of World War II

What significant event changed Irene Weiss's life in 1944?

• She won a scholarship to study abroad

• Her family moved to a new country

• She started a new school

• Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and took control of her hometown

What happened to Wilhelm and Johanna Schischa's business during the Nazi regime?

• It was seized and transferred to non-Jews

• It was expanded and became more successful

• It was destroyed in a fire

• It was sold to a family member

What action did Wilhelm and Johanna Schischa take to protect their daughter Lilli?

• They sent her to live with relatives in Austria

• They enrolled her in a boarding school

• They hid her in their home

• They sent her to England with other Jewish child refugees

What was the outcome for most Jews in the Apollo ghetto where Wilhelm and Johanna Schischa were sent?

• They were relocated to another ghetto

• They were liberated by Allied forces

• They were able to escape to safety

• Most were murdered in Sobibor or Belzec killing centers

What was the impact of Kristallnacht on Wilhelm Schischa?

• He was arrested and imprisoned for 10 days

• He was promoted in his job

• He was sent to a concentration camp

• He was able to escape to another country

What was the fate of the Jews in Kyiv during the Babyn Yar massacre?

• They were sent to work camps

• Over 33,000 were massacred at Babyn Yar

• They were given new homes

• They were relocated to a safer area

How did Rabbi Riccardo Pacifici respond to the threat of Nazi persecution?

• He went into hiding immediately

• He chose to help Jewish prisoners and opened his synagogue daily

• He joined the Nazi party

• He fled to another country

What was the role of the Sawinski family in Marcel Drimer's story?

• They were a Polish-Ukrainian farming family who hid Marcel's family

• They were neighbors who ignored the Drimer family

• They were friends who moved to another country

• They were German soldiers who captured Marcel's family

What did Mother Marta do to help the Pacifici boys during their hiding?

• She sent them to a different country

• She whispered a special blessing in Hebrew to them

• She provided them with false identification

• She taught them Italian