Number the Stars

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Number the Stars was about a family who lives in Copenhagen, Denmark take in a Jewish girl to protect her from the Nazis that are taking over Denmark. Meanwhile, Ellen’s parents go with one of the Johansen’s family friends named Peter Neilsen. He was the fiance of their deceased daughter, Lise. The first night of having Ellen, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen had planned out what to do if the Nazis were to come to their apartment that night. They told Ellen that she was supposed to be, Lise Johansen. Lise is the deceased child of Mr. And Mrs. Johansen. She died a couple years back in a car accident. Later that evening when Ellen AKA Lise, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen, and Kirsti, Annemarie’s little sister, and Annemarie were is bed; there was a knock at the door. It was the Nazi’s. They stepped into the apartment knowing that the Rosen’s might be here since they also knew they were friends. They searched the apartment. When Annemarie heard the noise, she woke up Ellen. She told her to take off the Star of David that way the Nazi’s didn’t kno

w that she was Jewish. They introduced her with kindness like she was their own daughter. They kind of thought that she wasn’t part of the family because she had dark hair. Mr. Rosen then pulled out some baby pictures and showed the soldier that she had dark hair as a baby. They tore them up and left. After a week or so, Mr. And Mrs. Johansen decided to move in with Annemarie’s uncle, Uncle Henrik. They would be safer there without the Nazi’s more at there back then at Denmark. He lived by the sea and was a fisherman. Then one day out of the blue, Annemarie’s uncle and her mother tell Annemarie, Ellen, and Kirsti that that night there was going to be a ceremony for Annemarie’s Great Aunt Birte. Annemarie knew all of her family from stories and pictures and knew that her own family was lying to her. Something was wrong, she thought. She knew she had to stay up and find out. Kirsti wanted to go to bed because she did not want to see a dead body. When everyone was arriving in for the ceremony, Peter and Mr. And Mrs. Rosen come in too. She

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Approximate Word count = 722
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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