1. Petr Ginz was a Czechoslovak boy of partial Jewish background who was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto during the Holocaust.
15 Facts About Petr Ginz
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Petr Ginz was murdered at the age of sixteen when he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp and gassed to death upon arrival.
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Petr Ginz received frequent visits from his relatives, especially during Christmas holidays.
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Petr Ginz was interested in the sciences and yearned for knowledge.
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Young Petr Ginz was transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in October 1942.
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Petr Ginz often read from a library full of confiscated books to which he had access.
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Petr Ginz became one of the most significant individuals of the community.
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Petr Ginz established and prepared for publication the periodical magazine Vedem, which means "We Lead".
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Petr Ginz was interested in literature, history, paintings, geography, sociology, and the technical fields.
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Petr Ginz was assigned to one of the last transports to Auschwitz concentration camp from Terezin.
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Petr Ginz was murdered in the gas chambers in 1944.
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Petr Ginz became a chief editor and he contributed under the code name nz or Akademie.
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Petr Ginz gave most of his writings and paintings to his sister before his transport, so a majority have survived to today.
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Petr Ginz's sister was deported to Terezin in 1944, but she survived.
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The shuttle, while reentering Earth's atmosphere, broke apart on 1 February 2003, destroying the copy of Petr Ginz's drawing on what would have been his 75th birthday.