Starter quiz
- What was the name of the group of young women who were involved in smuggling and carrying messages between Jewish communities?
- 'kashariyot' ✓
- How many Polsih ghettos had their own armed underground movements?
- None
- Less than 10
- Around 25
- More than 50 ✓
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- Write the missing word. ______ were often used for smuggling in Jewish ghettos.
- 'children' ✓
- What proportion of food consumed in the Warsaw Ghetto was smuggled in?
- 20%
- 40%
- 60%
- 80% ✓
- 100%
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- How did Henry Wermuth resist the Holocaust?
- Attempted to derail Hitler's train ✓
- Led an uprising in the Treblinka extermination camp
- Became a member of the kashariyot
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Germany invaded Poland.
- 2⇔First ghettos were established.
- 3⇔Germany invaded the USSR.
- 4⇔Babi Yar Massacre
- 5⇔Nazi leaders committed to the 'Final Solution'.
- 6⇔Uprising occurred at Treblinka.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. ______ refers to behaviour which obeys an order, rule or request.
- 'compliance' ✓
- Which group was involved in the organisation of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?
- Nazis
- Polish Home Army (KA)
- Jewish Combat Organisation (ZOB) ✓
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- What happened to most of the survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?
- escaped and survived the war
- murdered by the Nazis ✓
- transferred to another ghetto
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- Write the missing word. Leaders of the Lodz Ghetto hoped that by making its factories ______ it would ensure their survival.
- 'productive' ✓
- What was the fate of Lodz Ghetto?
- It fought and defeated the Nazis in 1944.
- It was liberated, with most Jews surviving, in 1944.
- It was liquidated in 1944. ✓
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- Why was the compliance of Lodz Ghetto's leaders with Nazi orders a 'choiceless choice'?
- They believed if they refused, the Nazis would carry out the orders regardless. ✓
- They believed if they refused, the Nazis would not punish them.
- They believed that if they resisted they could defeat the Nazis.
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Key learning points
- A major uprising occurred in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.
- After the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was defeated, most survivors were murdered.
- Leaders in the Lodz Ghetto chose to comply with German orders.
- Many Jews faced 'choiceless choices' during the Holocaust.
- 'Choiceless choices' gave Jews little real control over whether they survived or not.
Common misconception
Leaders in the Lodz Ghetto made 'bad' choices for choosing to comply with German orders.
Leaders in the Lodz Ghetto, like many other Jews, faced multiple poor choices - or 'choiceless choices'. The decisions they made occurred in extreme circumstances where they had little real control over their own survival.
Keywords
Liquidated - to destroy something
Compliance - behaviour which obeys an order, rule or request
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