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What is the main character's name?
Yanek
What country is the book set in?
Poland
What historical event is going on in the story?
The Holocaust / WW2
What religion is Yanek and his family?
What was the name of the soldiers that terrorized Jewish people?
Nazis / SS soldiers
What were the Jewish neighborhoods called?
Ghettos
Who wrote the story?
Alan Gratz
What was the name of the uncle that ended up at the first camp with Yanek?
Uncle Moshe
At what age did Yanek have his bar mitzvah?
13 years old
What happened to Uncle Moshe?
He was killed
What were the Jewish people put in charge of the Jewish ghettos called?
Judenrats
What was the name of the city that Yanek lived in?
Krakow
What was the name of the commander at the first camp?
Amon Goeth
Is Prisoner B-3087 based on a true story?
Yes
What were Jewish people transported in?
Trains
Why is the book called Prisoner B-3087?
That was Yanek's prisoner number
What is a musselman?
A prisoner who is very weak/sick/starving
How old was Yanek at the beginning of the story?
10 years old
What did Jewish prisoners have to wear?
Striped uniforms / an armband with a star
Where did Yanek and his family hide?
In a bird coop