Q 01/05

Which country offered to accept up to 100,000 Jewish refugees at the 1938 Évian Conference?

A) South Africa

B) New Zealand

C) Dominican Republic

D) El Salvador

Answer · why

C) Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic offered to accept up to 100,000 refugees on generous terms while the other delegations made no commitment at all. Dictator Rafa...

Q 02/05

What sounds across Israel at 10 a.m. on Yom HaShoah, halting traffic for two minutes of silence?

A) A shofar blast

B) An air-raid siren

C) A cannon salute

D) A bugle call

Answer · why

B) An air-raid siren

An air-raid siren sounds for two minutes and Israelis stop whatever they are doing, with motorists stepping out of their cars to stand in silence. Pla...

Q 03/05

The UN's Holocaust remembrance day, tied to the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, falls on which date?

A) 9 November

B) 27 January

C) 8 May

D) 19 April

Answer · why

B) 27 January

27 January was fixed by UN General Assembly resolution 60/7 in 2005, the date the Red Army reached Auschwitz in 1945. Britain's Holocaust Memorial Day...

Q 04/05

Danish boats carried some 7,500 of Denmark's Jews to safety in which country in October 1943?

A) Sweden

B) Norway

C) Finland

D) Britain

Answer · why

A) Sweden

Sweden took in the Danish Jews after a German diplomat, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, leaked the date of the planned round-up. Fishing boats carried 7,500...

Q 05/05

Which port refused to land the 937 refugees aboard the liner St. Louis in May 1939?

A) Miami

B) Veracruz

C) Halifax

D) Havana

Answer · why

D) Havana

Havana refused to let the passengers land, the United States and Canada then also turned the ship away, and it sailed back to Europe. Daniel Libeskind...