Children of the Holocaust Trivia Quiz

Answer: Belgium

The youngest of three daughters, Nelly was born into a Jewish family on February 28th, 1930, in Liège, Belgium. The family had previously been living in Czechoslovakia.

In 1940, the Nazis invaded Belgium. Two years later, Nelly and her sisters were forced out of school due to them being Jewish. Catholic friends helped the family get false papers and they moved into a house in a nearby village. Sometime in early 1944, whilst Nelly's father was in hospital due to illness, the family were found by the Nazis and arrested. They were sent to Auschwitz where Nelly, aged 13, was gassed on May 21st, 1944.

Answer: 1943

Franco was born in Bologna, Italy, on September 20th, 1931. At the age of seven, he was expelled from public school and sent to a makeshift Jewish school. After the death of his father in 1939, he moved to Turin, Italy, with his mother and older brother, Lelio.

Sometime in 1943, the family went into hiding in the mountains to evade German forces. Franco and Lelio joined the Justice and Liberty partisan group. On September 14th, 1944, Franco, aged 12, was shot by Germans while on a scouting mission. His body was returned to his family on his 13th birthday.

Answer: Rzeszow

Born in Kolbuszowa, Poland, in late 1938, Blimcia Lische was raised among many aunts, uncles and cousins. During her short life, Blimcia would often be seen playing with her cousin, Henoch Kornfeld, and other neighbourhood children.

On June 25th, 1942, Blimcia and her family were deported to the Rzeszow ghetto. Two weeks later, on July 7th, they were sent to the Belzec extermination camp where they were gassed. Blimcia was just three years old.

Answer: True

The youngest of eight children, Helen was born in Kisvada, Hungary, on January 2nd, 1931. In the late 1930s, Helen's father emigrated to America to try and get immigration papers so the family could live in America.

Sadly, Helen, her mother and siblings, didn't receive the immigration papers in time. On May 28th, 1944, they were packed into a cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz where Helen, aged 13, was gassed upon arrival, on May 31st.

Answer: Narvik

Cissi was born into a Jewish family in Narvik, Norway, on April 19th, 1929. The family stayed here for a few years before moving south to Trondheim to start a business. Here, Cissi lived in an apartment near the centre of town with her parents and 3-year-old brother, Abraham.

On October 6th, 1942, she was arrested at school and eventually sent to Auschwitz where she was gassed on March 3rd, 1943, aged 13. In the mid-90s, the street where Cissi had lived was name 'Cissi Klein Gate' and a statue of her was erected in a nearby park. Every year, on the anniversary of her arrest, people lay flowers around the statue in Cissi's memory.

Answer: 1934

Jan-Peter Pfeffer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 3rd, 1934.

Just after his ninth birthday, his grandmother was sent to the Westerbork transit camp. Six months later, Jan-Peter and the rest of the family were sent to the same camp, but his grandmother was no longer there. They were later sent to live in the Theresienstadt ghetto.

On May 18th, 1944, the family were deported to Auschwitz where Jan-Peter, aged 10, was gassed on July 11th.

Answer: True

Born in Austria sometime in 1936, Ossi was the youngest of six children in a family of Roman Catholic gypsies, who travelled around the country in a wagon.

In March 1938, the Nazis invaded Austria. Gypsies were forced to stay put wherever they were and register as members of a different race. Sometime in the early 1940s, Ossi and his family were sent to Auschwitz, where Ossi died from typhus in 1944, aged 7.

Answer: three

Henoch was born in Kolbuszowa, Poland, in late 1938. The following year, Kolbuszowa was under German occupation, eventually becoming a ghetto.

Henoch and his family were sent to the Rzeszow ghetto on June 25th, 1942, then to the Belzec extermination camp on July 7th, where they were gassed. Henoch was three years old.

Answer: A letter

Rosette was born in France on March 19th, 1928. On October 18th, 1943, she went to Geneva, Switzerland, as a refugee, but was expelled for indecent behaviour. She was sent to Auschwitz where she was gassed upon arrival, November 23rd, 1943, aged 15.

On July 18th, 1945, Rosette's brother, Nathan, received a letter informing the family of her death. In the early 1950s, the family moved to Israel.

Answer: child actress

Lea was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia), on March 18th, 1927. She began acting at the age of five.

In an attempt to protect his family, Lea's father converted them to Catholicism in June 1941, but in May 1943, the family were packed into a cattle wagon and deported to Auschwitz. However, Lea never saw the camp. She was among twenty-five prisoners who died in the cattle wagon. Her mother and brother died in Auschwitz, but her father survived.

Answer: Frightened by the murder of Mr Pfeffer's uncle in a concentration camp

Thomas 'Tommy' Pfeffer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 22nd, 1936, 18 months after his older brother, Jan-Peter. Their parents had emigrated to the Netherlands from Germany after Mr Pfeffer's uncle was murdered in a concentration camp. Sometime in 1939, Tommy's grandparents and uncle joined them.

In May 1940, the Nazis invaded Amsterdam. Six months later, Tommy and his family were sent to Westerbork transit camp, where Tommy celebrated his 7th birthday. They were sent to Auschwitz on May 18th, 1944, where Tommy, aged 7, was gassed on July 11th.

Answer: the arrest of her parents

Hana was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on May 16th, 1931. When she was 8 years old, her parents were arrested and taken away by the Nazis. She never saw them again.

Hana and her older brother, George, were sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Towards the end of October 1944, they were sent to Auschwitz. Whilst George was selected as a labourer, Hanna, aged 13, was gassed on October 23rd.

Answer: True

Anna (Settela) Steinbach was born in the Netherlands on December 23rd, 1934.

On May 16th, 1944, there was a surprise police raid on Gypsies all through the Netherlands. That same day, Anna, along with 576 others, were sent to Westerbork transit camp. Three days later, she was sent to Auschwitz, where she was gassed on July 31st, aged 9.

Answer: 2

The youngest of three children, Zuzana Gruenberger was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, on March 3rd, 1933.

In November 1938, Hungarian troops arrived in Kosice. The Hungarian Government had allied with the Nazis and had begun introducing anti-Jewish laws. In 1941, Zuzana's brother and father were taken away to be used for slave labour.

In May 1944, Zuzana, her mother and sister, were sent to Auschwitz. Whilst her sister was selected as a labourer, Zuzana, aged 11, and her mother were gassed upon arrival.

Answer: because he was Jewish

Tomas was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, on May 25th, 1934.

On January 2nd, 1940, Tomas, his parents and grandmother were evicted from their home and, because Tomas was Jewish, he wasn't allowed to go to school. Sometime in 1941, his parents were forced to sell the family business to a German.

On March 31st, 1942, the family were sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto. On May 9th, just over two weeks before his eighth birthday, Tomas and his family were deported to the Sobibor extermination camp where they were gassed.