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Questions on “One Survivor Remembers”

1) Where did Gerda Weissman live at the beginning of World War II? How old was she?How would you describe her family’s lifestyle?

2) How did Gerda first know of t he Nazi invasion? How did her family’s situation soonchange? Which changes were particularly hard for Gerda?

3) How was Gerda separated from her family members? Who saved her life in the process?

4) Which friendships did Gerda make on her way into exile? What bet did they make aboutthe war?

5) The Nazis used Gerda and her fellow prisoners for which type of work? Whathardships did she endure?

6) Who saved Gerda when she might have been shipped off to an extermination camp dueto illn ess? How did this change Gerda’s opinion about th at person?

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7) Why didn’t Gerda commit suicide when she was in such deep despair?

8) Why did Gerda survive the long forced march to Czechoslovakia in the middle ofwinter? What happened to her good friend?

9) Who was the first person from which nation to liberate Gerda and her fellow prisoners?What is notable about him?

10) What were words of which German author quoted by one of the inmates uponliberation? Why were these so ironic?

11) What is the relationship today of Gerda and the person who liberated her?

12) What other examples of genocide have you learned about in this course? How do you

think that genocide could be prevented in the future?