Transcript Number the Stars

Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
A book about
Danish life
during World
War II.
Setting
• Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1943 during
WWII
• German forces have invaded the lands
around Germany.
Flag of
Denmark
Characters – The Johansens
Annemarie
Kirsti
Lise
Mrs.
Johansen
Mr.
Johansen
Characters
Ellen
Rosen
Peter
Neilsen
Uncle
Henrick
Mrs.
Rosen
Mr. Rosen
Characters
Germans
Adolf
Hitler
Nazis
The Germans
• Adolph Hitler was the leader of the
Germans.
• He believed that German people
were members of a master race
that should take over the world.
• He led the Nazi party of Germany.
The Nazi Occupation
• The Nazis believed that Jewish people were the
most dangerous race alive.
• They wanted to rid the world of all Jewish people.
• In 1938, over 1,000 synagogues were burned and
30,000 Jews people were arrested.
• The Jewish people began to flee Germany.
The Nazi Party Flag
Plot
• Great Britain and
France have joined
forces to stop
Germany.
• Germany has
invaded Denmark
and now the Jewish
people fear for their
lives!
The Nazi Takeover in Europe
• The Nazi party created Concentration Camps
(work camps with horrific conditions for Jewish
people).
• As the Nazi party became more powerful, they
captured more and more countries and more
and more Jewish people.
Denmark
and
the
Germans
• In 1940, the country of Denmark was
captured by the German Nazis.
• There were 8,000 Jewish people living here
at this time!
• There were also about 1,500 Jewish people
who had fled to Denmark in the early 1930s.
How bad was life for the Jewish People under Nazi rule?
• In many places, Jews had to wear a yellow
6-pointed star.
• Attendance was prohibited at theaters,
movies, and sporting events.
• They could shop only at Jewish stores and
only between 3-5 pm.
• Jewish residents had no political rights
• Children had to attend Jewish schools and
couldn't visit Christian friends.
• All Jews had to be indoors by 8 pm.
• They could not hold government jobs.
• Non-Jewish citizens were ordered not to
go to Jewish doctors or hire Jewish
lawyers.
• They were limited in the use of public
transportation.
• They had to hand in their bicycles.
• Jews who owned stores had to mark
windows with the word Jew and eventually
had to sell their businesses to non-Jews.
The Arrest of the Danish Jews
• In 1943 when the Danish people heard
that the Germans had decided to arrest
and imprison Jewish people, they formed
the Danish Resistance.
• Finally many of the Danish Jews decide to
flee Denmark.
The Holocaust
• The word Holocaust, which means "burn”,
was first used in the late 1950’s to refer to
the death of Jews at the hands the Nazis.
• Today we honor and remember the victims
of Nazi torture through special museums,
documentaries, and stories.
Rosh Hashanah
Star of David
It represents King
David’s shield.
Jewish New Year
September 24- 26
JEWISH SYMBOLS & CUSTOMS
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