Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo

Hiding Jews

Occupation

Rescue

Prisoner of War

Resistance

Auschwitz

Bibliography

Setting

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

Hiding

Jo knows that the Nazi soldiers are coming to check their house for Jews so he hides them with Ben. The soldiers come and don’t find them then Jo goes and finds them in a cave.

Picture of an underground bunker.

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Many Jewish civilians surrendered to the Nazis because they were afraid they would get caught. Still, many were afraid they would get caught, but chose to resist by hiding anyways.

Occupation

The Nazis come take over Jo’s village and tell them they can’t cross the border which Ben is taking Jews across the border.

When the Nazis occupied an area during the holocaust, they changed a lot of rules and set a curfew.

Picture of Nazis getting ready to invading a village.

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RescueBen is rescuing Jews by moving them across Spain’s border so they can be safe.

Picture of Jews going over the Alps to Italy.

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During the holocaust it is illegal to take Jews acrossed a border to safety.

Prisoner of WarThe father was a prisoner of war for four years and he gets out and his daughter doesn’t even recognize him.

Soviet prisoners of war are building a road.

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Prisoner of War = A soldier or partisan fighting against the Nazis who gets caught and thrown into jail, ghetto, concentration camp etc…

Resistance

Ben and Widow are finding ways to hide the Jews within their land so they will be more safer than out in the open.

Priest is hiding a Jewish boy in his barn.

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There are a couple ways to resist the Nazis, the way that Ben and the widow did was nonphysical, but was the nazis.

AuschwitzBen and Leah get sent to a concentration camp after getting caught and soon later get killed at Auschwitz death center.

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Auschwitz is a large killing center in Poland.

Auschwitz is a death camp where 4.1 million Jews were murdered.

Setting

This story takes place in a village near the Pyrenees mountains, the same mountains that Ben takes the Jews over to Spain.

The Pyrenees mountains.

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Rising Action

When the Nazis come and take over their village and Jo doesn’t tell the others.

Nazis raising the nazi flag.

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Climax

Ben dresses Jews as shepherds and send them across the border to be safe.

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Jewish shepherds with their sheep.

Falling Action

Jo finds out that the Jews Ben and papa sent as Shepherds got over the border safely.

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Jews celebrating.

Resolution

The war ends and Jo, Widow, and Papa return to their regular life it was before the war.

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Jews being normal.

Bibliography

Hiding bunker

Nazis in tanks

Soviet prisoners

Priest hiding Jew Auschwitz

Book Cover

Pyrenees mts. Nazis raising flag Jewish shepherd Jews cheering Regular life as a Jews

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Got most from pictures from USHMM rest from google.