Exploring Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski's Impactful Speech

What was the initial demand made to the ghetto inhabitants?

• To give up the children and the elderly

• To leave the ghetto immediately

• To surrender their valuables

• To give up their homes

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why did the speaker feel unworthy of having a child of their own?

• Because they were not married

• Because of their health condition

• Because they dedicated their life to other children

• Because of their financial situation

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was the speaker's main concern when deciding to implement the order themselves?

• How many would perish

• How many could be saved

• How to escape the ghetto

• How to negotiate with the authorities

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the speaker's rationale for taking children?

• To ensure their safety

• To protect them from the authorities

• To provide them with better living conditions

• To prevent others from being taken

What was the speaker's proposed solution to save the healthy?

• To hide the healthy

• To give up the sick

• To negotiate with the authorities

• To escape the ghetto

What was the speaker's success in negotiating the number of victims?

• They reduced the number to 20,000

• They managed to save all children

• They reduced the number to 10,000

• They saved all the elderly

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

What was the emotional appeal made to the parents?

• To hide their children

• To give up their children to save others

• To fight against the authorities

• To leave the ghetto with their children

What was the speaker's main argument for complying with the order?

• To avoid further victims

• To gain favor with the authorities

• To receive better rations

• To ensure their own safety

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did the speaker promise if the community complied with the order?

• Freedom

• Better living conditions

• Peace

• More food rations

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the speaker's final plea to the community?

• To think logically and comply

• To fight back

• To escape the ghetto

• To hide their children

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3