Hana's+Suitcase++A+True+Story

Author: Karen Levine

Hana'sSuitcase

Where does this story take place? Czechoslovakia, Japan and Canada

How many years does this story span? 70 years

How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust? 6 million

How many of those were children? 1 .5 million

The mass murder of people because of their race, religion or ethnicity is called what? Genocide

What is the name of the Japanese group that educates children on the holocaust? Small wings

Whose suitcase is in the museum In Japan? Hanna Brady #625

What is written on the suitcase in white paint? Hana Brady, her birthday of may 16 1931, and the word waisenkind which means orphan

Who is the director of the museum? Fumiko Ishioka

Nove mesto 1930s

What province in Czechoslovakia is nove mesto in? Moravia

What was nove mesto once popular for? Making glass

People came from all over to do what in nove mesto? Cross country ski

In the 1930s people  from nove mesto did what? Worked in forest and made skis

How many people lived in nove mesto? 4000

Below where the Brady family lived there was what? A general store

What did Hana's father do? He worked in the store, an athlete (soccer, skiing, gymnastics), firefighter and called ski races o er a megaphone.

Name Hana's family. Karel (dad), Marketa (mom), George (brother) and Boshka (housekeeper)

What wAs Hana's favorite song on the piano? I have nine canaries

What were the names of Hana's pets? Sylva (wolfhound), Micki and Mourek (angora kittens)

Tokyo winter 2000

Why didn't anyone want to send fumiko Ishioka personal belongings of Holocaust survivors? The items were too precious to sen to such a small museum

Nove Mesto 1938

What did Hana and her brother use to sail down the creek? An old wooden wash tub

Name the different swings that were in the backyard meadow. One for a small child, a two seated and one that swung over the creek from a giant tree

What was Hana's greatest love? Skating

What color was her scooter that she raced down the halls of apartment? Red

What was special for Hana because her parents worked 6 days a week? Sunday mornings when they would snuggle in bed with their parents.

What would the family do on Sunday afternoons? Head to the nearest fort or castle for a picnic

Who would sometimes go with the family on a picnic? Uncle ludvik and aunt Hedda

Who would come to the Brady's door wanting money, food and shelter? Refugees trying to escape the Nazis

What did the children hear their parents talk about? Antijewish laws in Austria and Kristallnacht

Tokyo, march 2000

What was the reaction of the children when the suitcase arrived? They were very quiet

How old did they discover Hana was when she was sent to Auschwitz? 13

Where did Fumiko write to try to find out about Hana? Israel and Washington dc

The museum in Auschwitz finally told them Hana was from where? Theresienstadt

Nove mesto 1939

On what day did Hitlers troops move into Czechoslovakia? March 15, 1939

Name a Jewish restriction? Couldn't shop at certain stores, weren't allowed to travel, tell the Nazis everything the own

What did the Jews have to relinquiSh to the Nazi officials? Their family radio

When George and Hana had only each other, what did they do to their worries? Wrote them down, put them in a bottle and buried them.

What did hana's father do so he could hear the news and keep his curfew? He asked the keeper of the church clock to set the clock back 15 minutes.

Tokyo, 2000

Theresienstadt is the name the Nazis gave what Czech town? Terezin

How many Jews were sent to the Terezin ghetto? 140 ,000

Miraculously, 4,500 what survived the war? Drawings

Nove mesto 1940 1941

What grade was Hana when the nazis said the Jews could no longer attend school? 3rd grade

Who arrested mother in the spring of 1941? The Gestapo

She had to report to what town? Iglau

Tokyo April 2000

Information came to fumiko from Terezin that the drawings from the ghetto were now where? Jewish museum in Prague

A picture of how many of Hana's drawings came to fumiko? 5

Nove mesto autumn 1941

Word  came that mother hAd been sent where? Ravens ruck a women's concentrate camp

What was their housekeepers name? Boshka

What did mother send Hana for her birthday? A heart with HB on it made out of bread

Why did father get taken away? Because a Jewish man in town refused to cut out his star before he put it on his coat and the nazis wanted the whole town free of Jews

Tokyo spring 2000

What was the name of the exhibit opened by Fumiko? The Holocaust seen throu Children's Eyes

Nove mesto winter 1941 1942

Now that the children were alone, who came to get them? Their uncle ludvik

Who came to see the children after the first night at aunt heddA and  uncle ludvik's house? Their dog Sylva

What did the children do every day at lunch time? Ate with Boshka

Father was imprisoned where? Iglau gestapo prison

May 1942

Where were George and Hana ordered to report to? The deportation center in Trebic

George and Hana spent four days and nights in warehouse where Hana celebrated what? Her 11th birthday

Tokyo june 2000

Besides the suitcase, what else was at the museum that was hanas? A shoe, Zyklon B gas, and a sweater.

What was written on the suitcase? Hana Brady, may 16, 1931, waisenkind (orphan)

Deportation center may 1942

When the nazi soldier came to them in the warehouse and said everyone tp the train tracks, what could they bring with them? 1 suitcase that weighed 25kilos

Terezin  July 2000

How long did Fumiko have in Terezin? Exactly 1 day

When she got to the museum who was there? No one because it was a holiday

Theresienstadt may 1942

What was the name of the train station at Theresienstadt? Bohusovic Station

When the got to the camp, what happened to her and George? They got separated

Where was Hana put? In kinderheim L410 for the next 2 Years

Terezin July 2000

What was the name of the lady who was at the museum the day the museum was closed? Ludmila

Theresienstadt 1942 1943

What dormitory did Hanna stay in? L410

How many prisoners were crammed in a town of 5,000? 50,000

What dormitory did George stay in? L417

What song did Hana sing in music class? Stonozka. (the centipede song)

What was the name of the game like monopoly? Smelina

What did the prisoners get once a week? Buchta (a donut)

What did a friend of the family want Hana to call her? Mother

Terezin July 2000

Who did Fumiko talk to ar Terezin? Ludmila

On the list of names, what was besides Hana's name but not besides George's name? A check mark

Theresienstadt, 1943 1944

What relative arrived at camp? Grandmother

How long before grandmother died? Three months

How long did the have to stand in the cold wind without food or water? 8 hours

Who gave Hana a piece of bread when she began to cry while standing out in the cold? Ella

After Hana left Terezin, how long was she on the train? A day and a night

Where did Hana  end up? Auschwitz

Terezin July 2000

What did fumiko find out about the checkmark? It meant the Hana had died

Whose name did Fumiko find that was a bunkmate of George? Kurt Kotouc

Where did they think Kurt Kotouc lived? Prague

Prague, july 2000

When Fumiko got to the museum what problem did she encounter? The museum was closed

Who did Fumiko talk to at the museum? Michaela Hajek

Why was Fumiko told she could not talk to Kotouc? He was leaving on an overseas trip that evening

For how long did Fumiko get a meeting with Kotouc ? Half hour

What did Fumiko find out about George Brady? He was alive and lived in Toronto, Canada

Tokyo, August 2000

What dud Fumiko tell Akira to do? Draw a picture of Hana

What did they send to Hana's brother George? The children's writings and artwork along with copies of Hana's drawings

Toronto August 2000

How did George survive Auschwitz? By being strong and using his skill of plumbing

Who told George that Hana was dead? Marta a girl who had known Hana at Theresienstadt

Who did George go see when he returned from camp? Uncle Ludvik and Aunt Hedda

In 1951 George moved to Toronto and started what? A plumbing business

How many children did George have? 3sons and 1 daughter

When did Fumiko receive the letter from George? September 2000

When did George and his daughter Lara Hana go to Japan? March 2001

What did Akira give George? Multicolored origami garland

Who read her poem to George ? Maiko

What did the posters say that the Small Wings children held up while maiko read her poem? Let's learn, think, and act to create  peace for the 21st century