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On the night of November 9, 1939, Nazi soldiers stormed the streets of Germany, breaking windows and looting Jewish businesses in a nationwide attack that would be known as Kristallnacht (“the night of broken glass”). Walter, dressed in a Nazi uniform, arrived at Max’s house and told him he had to leave immediately to escape arrest.
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A summary of Part Three in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief....
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Summary. The section opens with Death announcing that Rudy...
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One night (Kristallnacht, "the night of broken glass") mobs swept through and smashed Jewish homes and businesses. Walter entered the Vandenburg home dressed as a Nazi, and told Max he had to leave at once if he didn't want to be taken away.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak tells the story of a young girl named Liesel Meminger living in Nazi Germany during World War II. The novel touches on themes of love and loss, and is narrated by Death, giving it a unique and haunting perspective.
In the novel, The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak explores and compares the juxtaposition between great brutality and beauty in the human spirit evident in the German town of Molching during WW2. The author demonstrates how the characters in the novel can overcome cruelty and ruthlessness with acts of extraordinary kindness and humaneness.
Every night, the pain of her brother’s death causes Liesel to “wake up swimming in her bed, screaming, and drowning in the flood of sheets” (36) from a nightmare about her brother’s death.
- Sarah K Johnson
- 2015
Expert Answers. We are told that Max Vandenburg is age 22 on the Kristallnacht (or the Night of the Broken Glass) on November 9, 1938, when the Nazis destroyed many Jewish businesses...
Nov 9, 2021 · November 9, 2021. On the night of November 9, 1938, violent Nazi mobs viciously attacked the Jews and Jewish communities of Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Leaving...
