Number the Stars / WWI

By tarobinson

  • Hitler named chancellor of Germany

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    Number the Stars/ WWI

  • Germany occupies Czecholslovakia

  • Germans invade Poland

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Germans invade Denmark and Norway

  • Germans invade France

  • Germany invades Holland, Belguim and Luxembourg

  • Germany starts invasion of Russia

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters the war

  • Allied Nations for United Nations

  • Mass deportation of Jews to camps begin

  • Nazis liquidate Czech town of Lidice

  • Anne Frank's family goes into hiding

  • Ellen and Annemarie are stopped by soldiers on the street

  • Annemarie and Papa both tell stories about King Christian X

  • Mrs.Hirsch's store is closed and Peter brings gifts

  • Kirsti gets "fish" shoes, the Rosens get bad news, and Ellen stays the night

  • Annemarie pulls Ellen's necklace from her neck when they hear soldiers

  • Mama takes the girls and Ellen on a "vacation" ,by train and Mama talks about her childhood

  • Ellen and Annemarie go wading in the sea and Mama and Henrick have a serious conversation

  • Mama cleans up the house, Uncle Henrick says "Tommorrow will be a good day for fishing." ,and a coffin for Great Aunt Birte is placed in the living room.

  • Annemarie confronts Uncle Henrick, in the barn, and accuses him of lying to her about Great Aunt Birte

  • Ellen's parents, a young couple, and a older man come to Great Aunt Birte's funeral, German soldiers arrive, during the funeral, and try to check the casket, and Peter reads a psalm about "numbering the stars..."

  • Peter and Mama take the Rosens and the others to the boat and Peter asks Mr.Rosen to deliver a important package to Henrick

  • Mama doesn't come home from taking the Rosens to the boat and Annemarie finds her outside with a broken ankle.

  • Mama is found with a broken ankle and she sends annemarie to carry the package back to Henrick's boat

  • Annemarie is running to the boat and gets confronted by soldiers and their dogs

  • Annemarie acts like Kirsti so she can get past the soldiers and deliver her uncle's "lunch"

  • Annemarie gets a little bit of an explanation, from her uncle, about what is going on and why the hankerchief was important

  • Annemarie learns the truth about her sisters's death

  • Germans surrender - V.E. Day