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Quiz about Women of the Holocaust
Quiz about Women of the Holocaust

Women of the Holocaust Trivia Quiz


This quiz focuses on the little explored topic of women in the Holocaust. This quiz tests knowledge of the famous and the infamous.

A multiple-choice quiz by jtcarrot. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
jtcarrot
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
108,972
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
3087
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Spycatcher48 (8/10), Guest 107 (6/10), Guest 1 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. She was a journalist during Hitler's earlier days who wrote about the evils of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. She was outspoken, but few Americans would listen to her pleas for action. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. She emigrated with her family from Frankfurt, Germany, in 1934 to Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution, but in 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands. In 1942 she and her family went into hiding when her sister was summoned for deportation. She died at the Bergen-Belsen camp of typhus along with her sister. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In 1935, this baby girl appreared on the cover of "Sun in the House", a Nazi family magazine. The six month old was presented as the "ideal" Aryan looking infant. Ironically, the girl was Jewish. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. She was a Jewish high jumper who matched the German women's record. Even so, she was excluded from the 1936 German Olympic team. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. She was known as the "bitch of Buchenwald." She was very cruel to prisoners and promiscuous with the guards. She committed suicide in 1967 while in prison. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. She was a German born Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism. She was highly educated and began teaching at the German Institute for Scientific Pedagogy in 1932. When it was discovered that her parents were Jewish, she was dismissed and later was deported to Auschwitz in 1942, where she was known for comforting many inmates. She perished there in the gas chambers. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. She was the head of the convent of St. Anthony in Poland. She hid many Jewish girls in the convent's orphanage. She was often able to ward off many inquiries about the girls from officials. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. She was an "Aryan-looking" German Jew who worked with the Nazis to report other Jews who were living underground. In return for her cooperation, she and her parents were saved from deportation. She was feared and despised by other Jews. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. She was a famous heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943). She escaped through the sewers - and fought again in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. After the War she married Yitzhak Zuckerman, also a member of the resistance. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. She was Hitler's mistress whom he married on April 29, 1945. The next day she committed suicide along with her new husband by taking potassium cyanide. Hint



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1. She was a journalist during Hitler's earlier days who wrote about the evils of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. She was outspoken, but few Americans would listen to her pleas for action.

Answer: Dorothy Thompson

In the earlier days of Hitler's regime, few countries would listen to the cries for help from anti-Nazi groups. Even in the United States, immigration was strictly limited, even for Jewish refugees trying to escape from Germany.
2. She emigrated with her family from Frankfurt, Germany, in 1934 to Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution, but in 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands. In 1942 she and her family went into hiding when her sister was summoned for deportation. She died at the Bergen-Belsen camp of typhus along with her sister.

Answer: Anne Frank

Anne and her family hid in the "secret annex", assisted by another famous woman of the Holocaust, Miep Gies. They stayed hidden for twenty-five months. Her family, along with four others, were discovered after that time and deported to various concentration camps. Anne's father, Otto, was the only member of her immediate family to survive. Anne is most famous for her diary.

The original, blank diary was a gift to her on her birthday.
3. In 1935, this baby girl appreared on the cover of "Sun in the House", a Nazi family magazine. The six month old was presented as the "ideal" Aryan looking infant. Ironically, the girl was Jewish.

Answer: Hessy Levinson Taft

This famous photo was submitted by a photographer in an attempt to mock the Nazi ideology of "racial theory." It was one of Hitler's goals to "purify" the Germans, not only by ridding the world of Jews, but also by encouraging breeding by "Aryan"-looking Germans - tall, blonde, slender. (Of course, it's well known that he himself and the other top members of the Nazi leadership bore very little resemblance to the 'Aryan' types that they extoled.)
4. She was a Jewish high jumper who matched the German women's record. Even so, she was excluded from the 1936 German Olympic team.

Answer: Gretl Bergmann

When criticized for their exclusion of Jews, Germany allowed Helene Mayer to participate. Mayer was half Jewish and lived in the United States. It was highly commented on that she was fair and blonde and more in keeping with the official German "Aryan image."
5. She was known as the "bitch of Buchenwald." She was very cruel to prisoners and promiscuous with the guards. She committed suicide in 1967 while in prison.

Answer: Ilse Koch

At the end of the war, Soviet troops found collections of tattoeed human skin that Ilse treasured. She displayed these skins in her home and it was claimed that she made household items, such as lamp-shades, out of them.
6. She was a German born Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism. She was highly educated and began teaching at the German Institute for Scientific Pedagogy in 1932. When it was discovered that her parents were Jewish, she was dismissed and later was deported to Auschwitz in 1942, where she was known for comforting many inmates. She perished there in the gas chambers.

Answer: Edith Stein

Edith Stein became a Carmelite nun before she was arrested and deported. She was made a saint in 1998 by the Catholic church.
7. She was the head of the convent of St. Anthony in Poland. She hid many Jewish girls in the convent's orphanage. She was often able to ward off many inquiries about the girls from officials.

Answer: Sister Marejanna Reszko

While the Catholic church *as an organization* did little to intervene on behalf of the Jews, there were several individual churches and convents that took in children. Sadly, many of those were discovered and the inhabitants deported to the death camps. Nazis had no use at all for Jewish children.
8. She was an "Aryan-looking" German Jew who worked with the Nazis to report other Jews who were living underground. In return for her cooperation, she and her parents were saved from deportation. She was feared and despised by other Jews.

Answer: Stella Goldschlag

Unable to emigrate, many Jews attempted to live "underground". They remained in Germany and German occupied territories and created fake identities in an attempt to hide their Jewish identity. Many were successful. However, even more were discovered and deported to concentration camps.
9. She was a famous heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943). She escaped through the sewers - and fought again in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. After the War she married Yitzhak Zuckerman, also a member of the resistance.

Answer: Zivia Lubetkin

There were several revolts (approximately 19) in the ghettos, labor camps, and death camps. The ghetto revolts alone took place in Kovno, Vilna, Tuchin, Mir, Bialystok, Krakow, Tarnow, Kremenets, Bedzin, Czestochowa, and Sosnowiec. Many of the surviving participants expressed with disappointment that their revolts were not more successful. Most participants were captured and executed after such attempts.
10. She was Hitler's mistress whom he married on April 29, 1945. The next day she committed suicide along with her new husband by taking potassium cyanide.

Answer: Eva Braun

Hitler was very secretive about his relationship with Eva Braun, although she often entertained within his inner circle.
Source: Author jtcarrot

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