Friedrich"Superb, sensitive, honest and compelling . . . a simple but terrifying tale of the destruction of a single Jewish family."--The New York Times Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award His best friend thought Friedrich was lucky. His family had a good home and enough money, and in Germany in the early 1930s, many were unemployed. But when Hitler came to power, things began to change. Friedrich was expelled from school, and then his mother died and his father was deported. For Friedrich was Jewish. |
Contents
Setting the Scene 1925 | 1 |
Potato Pancakes 1929 | 3 |
Snow 1929 | 7 |
Copyright | |
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Adolf Hitler apartment asked Friedrich attorney Auf Wiedersehen ball began bench beside breath clean closed cloth coat corner everything eyes face Father floor Frau Penk Frau Schneider Fried Friedrich looked Friedrich sat Friedrich Schneider front garden German glass Grandfather Hans Peter Richter head heard Helga Herr Neudorf Herr Resch Herr Schneider looked Herr Schuster Hitler horse inside Jewish Jungvolk kitchen lamp laughed lifted listened living room longer Lord loudly March mezuzah Mother looked nodded NSDAP once opened the door pocket Pogrom Polycarp potato pancakes prayer pulled pushed rabbi rolled Schloime Schneider and Friedrich shelter shook shoulder shouted side slowly smiled snow snowball softly someone stairs star of David stared stayed stepped stood stopped street talk Third Reich threw told Torah turned usherette voice waited walked wall warriors watched whispered wife window woman wore