Names
What is the main characters name?
Yanek
What is the neighborhood now called that Yanek and his family live in?
The ghetto
What store foes Yanek’s father own?
A shoe store
What is put on the doors of Yanek’s new home?
Bars
What country are the Nazis from?
Germany
What religion are the Nazis going after?
What do the Jews have to wear on their arms to let the Nazis know they are Jewish?
The Star of David.
What historical event is taking place right now?
World War 2
What city in Poland does the story take place?
Krakow
What is the man called that tells the parents that they need to send their children away?
The director
Where do Yanek and his family move so the Nazis don’t find him?
The pigeon coop.
What does the director call the camps where people are moved to?
Resettlement Camps
What is the Uncle’s name who owns the bakery?
Abraham
What is the celebration called when a Jewish boy becomes a man?
Bar Mitzvah
How does Abraham make bread without the Nazis knowing?
They burn wood in one oven to mask the smell.
Who do the Nazis work for?
Adolf Hitler
What is the uncle’s name that tells Yanek not to drown in the river?
Moshe
What are the Jewish officers called that work for the Nazis?
Judenrat
What is the religious building the Nazis burn down called?
The synagogue
What do they call apartments in this book?
Flats