
Jewish Historical Facts
Quiz by Sara Twersky
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- Q1
Which country was forcibly annexed by Nazi Germany in a move called the Anschluss?
Monaco
Belgium
Austria
France
30s - Q2
The Jewish community of Antwerp, one of the last places where Yiddish is the primary language of the Jews, is located in which country?
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Austria
30s - Q3
Rashi (1040-1105), the father of the Ba'alei Tosafos, was born in Troyes, which is located in...
Austria
Monaco
Germany
France
30s - Q4
R' Shamshon Rafael Hirsh was born in Hamburg and became rav in Frankfurt, both of which are cities in...
Germany
Monaco
France
Austria
30s - Q5
Which country allowed Jews to get citizenship during WWII, making it easier for them to leave?
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Luxembourg
Belgium
30s - Q6
Which country massacred and expelled Jews because they blemed them for the Black Plague?
Luxembourg
France
Austria
Liechtenstein
30s - Q7
Which country refused to protect their Jews during WWII?
Germany
Belgium
Monaco
France
30s - Q8
Which country allowed Jews in after the Spanish Expulsion?
Netherlands
Poland
Belarus
Czechia
30s - Q9
In which country were Jews blamed for the Black Death and burned in a wooden horse on an island in the Rhine River on June 9, 1349?
Hungary
Poland
Netherlands
Switzerland
30s - Q10
Which country is home to the city of Radin, home to R' Yisrael Meir Kagan, author of Chofetz Chaim (a sefer on Shmiras HaLashon) and Mishna Brurah (on Shulchan Aruch)?
Hungary
Moldova
Belarus
Switzerland
30s - Q11
Which Nazi-allied country managed to save its 48,000 Jews from being deported to the concentration camps during WWII, thanks to their Minister of Justice, Dimitar Peshev?
Bulgaria
Moldova
Austria
Hungary
30s - Q12
Which country is home to Prague, home of Moreinu HaRav Loewi, better known as MaHaRal (1525-1609), famous for his commentary on Rashi called Gur Aryeh al HaTorah and for the legend that he created a golem?
Belarus
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Czechia
30s - Q13
Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, was successful in saving tens of thousands of Jews from which Nazi-occupied country?
Hungary
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Austria
30s - Q14
In which country did a blood libel spur a pogrom against the Jews in 1903 that lasted 3 days, beginning on Easter Sunday, killing 50 Jews, severely wounding 92. slightly wounding 500 and looting over 700 houses and businesses?
Bulgaria
Moldova
Belarus
Netherlands
30s - Q15
R' Naftali Amsterdam, an outstanding student of R' Yisrael Salanter, who founded the Mussar movement, served as rav from 1867-1875 for the capital of which country?
Finland
Poland
Romania
Netherlands
30s