Two Voices Flashcards
(124 cards)
1
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Sara’s birthday
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May 15, 1910
2
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Sara’s birth name
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Chaisorel Baron
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Sara’s birthplace
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Druysk, Russian Empire
4
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Until 1930, Druysk was part of…?
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Russian Empire
5
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From 1930 to 1939, Druysk was part of…?
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Poland
6
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From 1939 to 1990, Druysk was part of…?
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U.S.S.R. (Lithuania)
7
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From 1990 to today, Drusyk is part of…?
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Belarus
8
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Shtetl
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Small town
9
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Tzitzit
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Fringes or tassels
10
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Mitnagdim
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Opponents
11
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Sara’s father’s occupation
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Businessman and rabbi
12
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How many times was the Sara’s father married and how many kids with each marriage?
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3
First: 4
Second: 4 (2 sons, 2 daughters)
Third: 1 (1 daughter)
13
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Sara’s sister’s name
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Frumka Malka
14
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When did Sara’s father die and how?
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1916, of the flu
15
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When did Sara’s mother die?
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1912
16
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Daughter of Sara’s father’s third wife (Sara’s stepsister)
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Esther
17
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Where was Sara sent after her father’s death from 1916 to 1924?
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Kraslava, Latvia, with her aunt, uncle, and their 14 children
18
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In 1924, Sara moved to…?
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Druysk
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Sara’s occupation
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Buying and selling
20
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When was Sara married and to whom?
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1928, to Yosel Berkman
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Yosel Berkman’s occupation
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Shoemaker
22
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Yosel’s mother
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Shana
23
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When did Sara’s child die in infancy?
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1933
24
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Chaim Hirsch was born in…?
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1941
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When did the Germans break the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact by attacking Soviet-occupied Poland, prompting the Soviets to leave Druysk, and what is it called?
June 22, 1941, Operation Barbarossa
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The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed on...?
August 23, 1939
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In the winter of 1941, the German sent Druysk Jews for three months where?
Vidzy
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Judenrat
Jewish Council
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After the Vidzy ghetto, Druysk Jews were sent for another three months where?
Swieciany
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In March 1942, who decided to clear all the remaining ghettos in the borderlands?
Horst Wulff
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Head of the Vilna Judenrat
Jacob Gens
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Jews of useful professions were moved where?
Vilna
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Jews who did not have useful professions were moved where?
Seemingly Kovno, but actually Ponar
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How many pits were dug at Ponar by the Soviets from 1940-1941?
6
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How many Jews were murdered at Ponar?
70,000 to 100,000
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When was Sara's family killed at Ponar?
April 1942
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Otrads
Partisan units
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Ypatingi buriai
Special forces; Lithuanian volunteers
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When did Sara and Chaim begin to permanently stay in the woods?
1943
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When was Belarus completely liberated?
Summer of 1944
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The decisive psychological turning point that ended German victories in the summer of 1942
Battle of Stalingrad
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Sara's second husband
Michel Cypuk (Chipkin)
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After the war ended, Sara went where?
Druysk
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Where did Sara meet her second husband?
Druysk
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When and where was Sara's second wedding?
1945, in Braslav, Belarus
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Oberkommando des Heeres-OKH
Army High Command
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Reichssicherheitshauptamt-RSHA
Reich Security Main Office
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Einsatzgruppen
Special units
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Sicherheitsdienst-SD
Security Police and Security Service
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Chaim Hirsch's birthday and birthplace
January 25, 1941, in Druysk
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Aktion
Operation involving the mass assembly, deportation, and murder of Jews
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After escaping deportation to Ponar, Sara and Chaim stayed where?
At a monastery
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Chaim's Polish name
Michas
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Babcia
Old grandmother
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Pripetchik
Brick or clay oven
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Which nation invaded Lithuania in July 1944, ending the war for Sara and Chaim?
U.S.S.R.
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How many Druysk Jews survived out of the original population?
21/523
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She'arit Hapleta
Surviving remnant
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Sara's occupation after WWII in Druysk
Bartering
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Sara's second husband's occupation
Shoemaker
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Michel's daughters
Sarah Tsipa and Zelda
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After spending two months in Druysk after WWII, they traveled to...?
Braslav, Lithuania
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After Braslav, they moved to...?
Warsaw, Poland
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How long were they jailed because they were caught trying to cross the German border for the first time?
6 weeks
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How many Russian imperial gold coins did Michel have?
12
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Being dissatisfied with the anti-Semitism in Poland, they then moved to...?
East Berlin (Soviet zone), then West Berlin (American zone)
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The displaced persons (DP) camps
Ziegenhain DP Camp - 3 months
| Eschwege DP Camp - 3 years
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Betar
Menorah
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Nations Michel desired to immigrate to (in order of precedence)
Australia, Argentina, Canada, US
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Sarah Tsipa married whom?
David
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Of his two stepsisters, Chaim was closer to...?
Zelda
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Michel's cousin who brought them to the U.S.
Mrs. Gordon
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The Chipkins' first home in the U.S.
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Sarah Tsipa moved to where in the U.S.?
New York
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In 1954, where did the Chipkins buy a chicken farm?
Oceanville, New Jersey
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When did the Chipkins sell their chicken farm?
1970
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When did Michel die?
November 1974
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When did Chaim buy his own pharmacy in Brigantine?
1965
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When did the Chipkins leave Eschwege?
June 7, 1949
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When did they arrive in the U.S.?
June 16, 1949
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Michel's occupation in the U.S.
Factory worker, cutting leather
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Sara's occupation in the U.S.
Cleaning houses
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Zelda's occupation in the U.S.
Working in a bakery
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Chaim's starting grade level in the U.S. at 9 years old
Kindergarten
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Where did the Chipkins move after they sold their chicken farm?
Margate
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Chaim's high school
Pleasantville High School
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Who gave Chaim his English name?
Rabbi
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Chaim's English name and meaning
Donald - world leader
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Donald's 10th grade homeroom teacher
Mrs. H
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Where did Don work starting at the age of 15?
Al Rossman's Deli
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Don's college, which he attended from 1958 to 1962
Long Island University Pharmacy School
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Zelda's husband
Danny
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When did Don meet his future wife?
August 25, 1961
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Don's wife
Nan Adler
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When did Don get married?
August 26, 1962
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Don's children
Joel (1964), Alan (1967), Michelle (1968)
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Don's grandchildren
Logan, Chloe, Lanie, Mason, Sara
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Nan's original religion
Reform Judaism
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Don's original religion
Orthodox Judaism
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Don and Non's compromise religion
Conservative Judaism
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When did Don sell his Brigantine pharmacy?
1982
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Don opened what in Brigantine in 1970?
A beach store
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When did Don open a large convenience store in Absecon that was later taken over by the state?
1984
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N.A.H.O.S.
National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors, Inc.
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When was Don's first grandchild born?
1992
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How many of Don's relatives (including second cousins) died in the Holocaust?
80
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When did Don return to Druysk?
1989
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Don worked at pharmacies in these two town from 1962 to 1965
Absecon, Brigantine
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Payos
Ear locks
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Yosel made which part of the shoe?
Soles
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What is the November Pogrom of 1938 called?
Kristallnacht
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Germany's allies
Finland and Romania
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First operational order for the invasion of the Soviet Union
Directive 21 - December 18, 1940
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Donald's sister, born in Minnesota
Riva
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High school Riva attended
Oakcrest
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The Chipkins were arrested crossing which border?
German
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Chedar
Hebrew school
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Shoah
Holocaust
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Undzer Hofenung
Our Hope
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UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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Eretz Israel
Palestine
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After his first year of school in the U.S., Donald skipped to which grade?
Third grade
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In 1959, Zelda and Danny moved to...?
Plainview, Long Island
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When did Donald return to Ponar?
1987
