What is Petr Ginz?
{{Infobox person | name = Petr Ginz | image = Petr ginz 345.png | caption = A crop of a photograph of Petr Ginz | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|02|01}} | birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (modern-day<br/> [[Czech Republic]]) | death_date = {{circa}} 1944<br/> (aged 16) | death_place = [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], German-occupied Poland<br/> (modern-day [[Poland]]) | nationality = [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian]] | alias = Peter Ginz<br/> (mostly spelled and/or pronounced like that in [[English language|English]]) | notable_works = ''Vedem'' | occupation = | father = [[Otto Ginz]] | mother = [[Mária Ginzová]] }} '''Petr Ginz''' ([[English language|English]]: '''Peter Ginz'''; {{birth date|df=yes|1928|02|01}}{{spnd}}{{circa}} 1944) was a [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakian]]-born half-[[Jew|Jewish]] boy, who is known for his artworks, poems, and novels. His most popular known work was ''Vedem'' ([[English language|English]]: ''[We Are] In the Lead''), a literary [[magazine]] which was avaliable in [[Printing|print]] between 1942 and 1944, in the [[Theresienstadt Ghetto]]. The publishers and editor-in-cheifs of the literary magazine were him and Hanuš Hachenburg. Ginz also wrote a [[diary]] in 1941 and 1942. == Biography == === Early life and activities === Petr Ginz was born on {{birth date|df=yes|1928|02|01}} in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (in modern-day [[Czech Republic]]). He was the son of [[Otto Ginz]] and his spouse (wife) [[Mária Ginzová]]. His father was Jewish, whilst his mother was a Christian.<br/> This obviously made Ginz half-[[Jew|Jewish]]. Ginz already showed signs of high intelligence, before the age of 8. He wrote his first novel when he was 8 years old. He wrote four more novels,<br/> after that. The last novel was written and completed when he was 14, shortly before his transportation to the [[Theresienstadt Ghetto]]. The