Rebel Girls: International Holocaust Memorial Day

Every year on January 27th people remember...

• ...those who died in the Second World War

• ...the millions of people who suffered and died in the Holocaust

• ...Anne Frank

• ...those who died from Spanish Flu

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What title is given to the book Anne Frank wrote before she died in a concentration camp at the age of 15?

• Night

• Schindler's List

• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

• The Diary of a Young Girl

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What country was Simone Veil from?

• France

• Germany

• Poland

• Austria

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What question did the young Simone Veil ask herself?

• Why are people treated unfairly?

• Why are some people rich and some people poor?

• Why would one country want to attack another?

• Why is the environment being damaged?

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Veil lost her mother, father and brother in a concentration camp during which conflict?

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The First World War

• The Second World War

• The Cold War

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What did Veil do as a result of the injustice and cruelty she had experience in the concentration camps?

• Studied psychology and became a therapist

• Studied education and became a teacher

• Studied medicine and became a doctor

• Studied law and became a judge

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Which organisation was the first president of which she hoped might promote peace and justice in the world?

• The United Nations

• The European Union

• The World Bank

• Save the Children

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Where did Sophie Scholl grow up?

• In Germany

• In France

• In Austria

• In Poland

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Which political leader had Sophie supported and even marched in parades to celebrate when she was younger?

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

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Who had been thrown in prison for opposing Adolf Hitler?

• Sophie's friend

• Sophie's brother

• Sophie's mother

• Sophie's father

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