In 1943 Annmarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nazi Germany has occupied their country. One day Annemarie, Ellen, and Annemarie’s younger sister Kristi walk home from school. Annemarie and Ellen decide to race but, German soldiers had stoped them on the corner near their apartment building. The Germans question them about a couple of thing so they answer the questions. When Annmarie, Ellen and Kristi arrive home Mrs. Johansen who is Annmaries mom and Mrs. Rosen who is Ellen’s mom are very upset to hear about their daughter’s interacting with the Germans. They warn the girls not to interact with the soldiers. Life has changed in Copenhagen, for the Johansens and the Rosens since the war started. German
Eva Heyman was a young girl who grew up Jewish in the holocaust era. Eva Heyman’s family was broken and totally assimilated. Her parents divorced when she was a child, leaving Eva to her grandparents and her Austrian governess. Eva’s father did not live that far away, but rarely was in her life. Her mother lived in Budapest and did not see much of her daughter. Her mother had remarried and was living in a different country. Despite all else, Eva started keeping a diary to write down her thoughts, her experiences, and what was going on in the world around her.
On May 6, 1942, waitress Elsa Ottesen at Cafe Holle in downtown Aalborg, saw two teenage boys enter the restaurant, walking briskly. Heads down, they made a beeline for the coat closet and emerged from it a very short time later. Then they strode straight out of the restaurant, without ordering a single thing. A few minutes later, a German officer dining at the cafe, discovered that his gun was missing. He angrily told the restaurant staff and Mrs. Ottesen remembered the two boys who had entered the closet earlier. Mrs. Ottesen gave a detailed statement to the police. She thought she could recognize them if she saw them again. Who were the boys? I think you already guessed. Knud and Jens Pedersen
The Novel Hitler’s Daughter, written by award winning author, Jackie French, is a story within a story, about a fictional young girl called Heidi; living in World War 2 in Germany and is living in isolation with no contact with other children or anyone outside her home. The story is made up by one of the main characters, Anna, who tells the story to a few other schoolmates at the bus shelter. At the end of the novel, Heidi is left alone and has to defend herself from the bombs with no food or protection. The theme of the novel is morality, which is displayed various times during the novel. The meaning of morality is knowing the difference of what is right and what is wrong. The hypothesis is that the story will end happily and Heidi will find a family.
World War Two where at first life is good and all is well for Anne and
Annemarie showed numerous examples of conflict throughout the book, but the most important scenes were when the soldiers stopped Annemarie and Ellen around the corner, when the German soldiers came to the apartment, and right before she went on the dark path. Early in the text, Annemarie was running along the paths in Copenhagen when two soldiers stopped them. The German soldiers shouted the frightening word, “HALTE.”(p.2) For example, Annemarie was extremely frightened but still she, “looked into the face of the soldier who had ordered her to halt.” (p.2)
Growing up in a wartime environment affects the identities, confidence and adolescence process for many people. In the books, The Diary of A Young Girl, Farewell to Manzanar, and Night, World War II accelerates Anne’s, Jeanne’s and Elie’s precious maturity and coming of age process. World War II, the Nazis and their identity of being Jewish forces Anne and Elie to grow up and mature much sooner than expected. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, World War II have a negative impact on Jeanne’s confidence and she starts to lose respect towards her Japanese heritage. All three of them are struggling to find out who they truly are. Anne Frank, Jeanne Wakatsuki and Elie Wiesel all are greatly affected by the war, but in different milieus and in
Ellen Mary Pleasant was a legendary woman with a great influence. In fact, she has her own memorial park to honor her for her contribution to the world. The memorial park is located in 1501-1699 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94109. The memorial park is the smallest park in San Francisco. Ellen Mary Pleasant was born on August 19,1814 and has sadly died on January 4th, 1904 at the age of 90.
“That sounds fine with us,” everyone said in unison. For the next few months the two families would stay here, hiding from the Nazis, and hoping that they would not get caught. As the war waged on, the conditions of the attic became worse. Mrs. Johnson became very ill, and due to this, they needed supplies in order to keep her stable, which was difficult
The 4 women died while traveling in a limo and it was T-boned by an alleged drunk driver on Long Island while the women enjoyed a weekend tour of the vineyards are being mourned by their relatives and friends. 23 year old Brittney Schulman, and Stepanie Belli of Smithtown and King's Park, respectively; Lauren Baruch, of Smithtown, 24; and Commack's Amy Grabina, 23, were identified as the people who were killed in the accident. These women were among the group of 8 who were celebrating one of the lady's birthdays.
Four people who have never met before all carry around their guilt. As the end of World War Two happens, these four are trying to get to safety. Joana, the sergeant, who spent her whole life studying, wishes she put her book down and enjoyed the people she is fighting to get back too. Staying in her group, Joana is protected by her _____ status. When a boy and girl join the group, both of them hurt, Joana treated them before asking question. The girl, Emili, was polish, a race deemed unworthy of Hitler, and also pregnant. Where the baby’s father was unknown, Emili and her pink hat did not know the language, but spoke poor enough German to let Joana know the boy, whom Emili called her knight, saved her from a Russian solider. the boy, Florian
In January of 1945 a group of US pow’s (prisoners of war) were trapped by the Nazi’s in Stalag IXA POW camp near Ziegenhain Germany. Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds had a gun held to his because he did not turn over his Jewish American soldiers. Instead the whole group of over 1,000 POWs was standing in unity and going against orders. The Nazi threatened to shoot Edmonds, but he calmly responded that giving over the religion of his soldier is against the Geneva Convention. Edmonds continued on to say that if he was shot all of his soldiers must be shot and then the Nazi’s doing so would be put on trial after the war and would face fatal consequences. By doing this brave action Edmonds saved over 200 Jewish soldier who would have fallen under the
Edith Stein was a Jewish born child looking to leave her mark on the world. In her own words Edith stated, “I always foresaw a brilliant future for myself” (Payne). Edith was very family reliant and she suffered through many hard times. Whenever thoughts of giving up on life in Breslau, Germany arose she always found a way, a reason to push through. Edith, through all the hardships, had evolved into a strong woman dedicated to moving on. Her story is one that will touch the lives of many!
In 1926 there was a woman who was the first woman to swim on the english channel and previously won the 1924 Olympics, her name was Gertrude Ederle.She was born October 23, 1906, she belongs to german immigrants who moved to New York City. Gertrude went the Olympics and got a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay and a bronze 100 meter and 400 meter relay. June 1925 Gertrude was 19 years old when she beated the old swim record of swimming from New York Battery to Sand Hook, New Jersey.Gertrude’s first attempt to swim on the english channel was shot down because there was a technicality.Her first coach, the one that was with her the first time, told Gertrude to stop because there was too much salt water going into her mouth and he was worried
Janke, the main character, likes to help the resistance. Because of her age, she isn't allowed to help with more dangerous things yet, so she helps by delivering some small things like false identity cards to people on her bike. After delivering something no longer needed to Aunt Anna, she goes to the tobacco shop with her best friend, Alie. While they're at the shop, Janke´s foot gets stepped on accidentally by a German soldier called Helmut. You could tell that Helmut´s a bit different from the way he reacts. The two girls then go to the butcher´s who gives them a task. Janke and Alie put up flyers about a German police officer, but the Germans caught on quickly. Seeing that the soldiers are looking for her, someone lets Janke come into his
Annemarie Johansen Annemarie Johansen will become a woman of great intelligence, courage, and trustworthiness. She has the intelligence to keep her cool every time she encounters the German soldiers. She has the courage to talk to Uncle Henrik about him and Mama lying to her. Her Mama trusts her to take the basket to Uncle Henrik.