The Holocaust: A Teenager's Experience

What does the statement " Some died mentally first, and then finally they died physically" mean?

• Some people had not been educated and were considered mentally unstable.

• Some knew that the hunger pains would cause them to steal from their friends.

• Some were too young to know what was really going on, so they worked too hard.

• Some people resigned themselves to the fact that they would never survive.

When the train reached Dachau, how many of the 150 prisoners remained alive?

• 10

• 70

• 1

• 3

Dachau was a work camp where everyone, no matter what age or race, had to work.

• true

• false

Prisoners were marched into the Tyrolean Mountains so that they________.

• would freeze to death and the Germans wouldn't have to provide for them

• would be killed by American firepower, which would be blamed for their deaths and not the Germans

• would be rescued by the resistance groups and returned to their homes.

• could join forces to fight the Americans who were advancing onto German soil.

Who rescued prisoners from the "Nazi terror machine"?

• other escaped prisoners

• resistance fighters

• American soldiers

• Other Germans

Why does David Bergman feel it is his duty to tell his story?

• He hated the Germans and wanted revenge for their horrible deeds.

• He felt it was the duty of anyone who experienced the Holocaust to not let the people who died be forgotten.

• He wanted his journals to be published into a book about the Holocaust.

• His wife, a Gypsy, wanted him to tell about the treatment of the Gypsies by the Nazis.

Why did David's family think they would be home soon?

• The had left other Jewish relatives behind, so they figured they could return.

• Since they had never hurt anyone else, they didn't think anyone would hurt them.

• They hadn't been allowed to pack, so they needed to go back from their belongings.

• The Nazis did not take women and children and were told they could return to them.

Aushwitz was one of the Nazi's work and concentration camps.

• true

• false

Why did David and other Jews have to go through a screening and selection process?

• The Nazis tested their musical skills to see who could play in the camp's orchestra.

• The Nazis wanted to find out their real ages to see if anyone had lied to them.

• The Nazis were looking for healthy people to send to the work camps.

• The Nazis gave them intelligence to see who could write letters for them.