Instead, Mama and Annemarie will visit Uncle Henrik in Gilleleje, which is just across the sea from Sweden. The next day, the girls’ parents decide that they should skip school. She ripped off Ellen’s Star of David necklace and hid it under her pillow so that they wouldn’t take it away from her family member when they found out she was Jewish (Ellen had dark hair like Lise did as a child).

The officers searched the house anyway, even looking in Annemarie’s room while she pretended to be asleep (in bed). Three Gestapo officers came to the Johansens’ apartment at night. To stay safe from being arrested or killed, Ellen will pretend to be Annemarie’s sister since they look so much alike. Rosen and his family have had to leave Copenhagen due to Nazi Germany’s anti-semitism laws and will be staying in Sweden for a while until things settle down again in Denmark. However, on the day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), Mrs.

Ellen is looking forward to the Jewish New Year because she loves traditions. Kirsti throws a fit when her mother buys shoes made out of fish scales, but Ellen solves the problem by dying them black with ink. The adults are worried about their friends’ future in Denmark.Ī couple of weeks later, Annemarie and Ellen play with paper dolls. Mama sends Annemarie, Ellen and Kirsti to visit Mrs Hirsch (a Jewish woman who owns a button store), who has been forced to close her shop by the Germans because she is Jewish. Despite all that, most Danes remain loyal to King Christian X and refuse to embrace Nazi ideology.Ī few weeks later, Kirsti’s jacket breaks. Her fiancé still visits the Johansens sometimes because he is involved with the Danish Resistance. A few years ago, Annemarie’s older sister was killed in an accident just two weeks before her wedding. German soldiers are everywhere, and there are food and electricity shortages. Life has changed a lot for the Johansens since World War II started. Rosen find out what happened, they warn Annemarie and Ellen not to talk to any of the Germans because it could be dangerous for everyone if they do so again. Fortunately, Kirsti defuses the situation by being rude to the soldiers. One day while walking home from school, they encounter two German soldiers who question them about why they were running. The girls live with their families during World War II. In Copenhagen, Denmark in 1943, Annemarie and Ellen are ten years old. 1-Page Summary of Number the Stars Overview

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