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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit [SCM]

by Judith Kerr Author

Anna was only nine years old in 1933, too busy with her school work and friends to take much notice of Adolf Hitler's face glaring out of political posters all over Berlin. Being Jewish, she thought, was just something you were because your parents and grandparents were Jewish. But then one day her father was unaccountably, frighteningly missing. Soon after, she and her brother, Max, were hurried out of Germany by their mother with alarming secrecy. Reunited in Switzerland, Anna and her family embark on an adventure that would go on for years, in several different countries. They learn many new things: new languages, how to cope with the wildest confusions, and how to be poor. Anna soon discovers that there are special skills to being a refugee. And as long as the family stayed together, that was all that really mattered.

Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
000713763X
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
24
Pages
240
Suggested Grades
3rd - 6th
Geographical Setting
Germany, Switzerland, France, England
Historical Setting
1933 - 1935
Publisher
Collins
Copyright
2002
Written
1971

Chapters

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24

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Reviewed by Parent/Teacher

Two things stood out to me about this book, besides the obvious historical value. FIrst, Anna's family was Jewish in ancestry only; they were not practicing the Jewish religious beliefs. At one point Anna wants to pray about something, but doesn't quite know what to do since they don't worship God. That incident would be a good discussion starter.

Second, I learned a lot about culture and traditions in Germany, Switzerland, and France during the 1930s from reading this book. It was quite interesting.

By the way, the title comes from the fact that Anna had to choose only one toy to take with her when they fled Germany. She decided against taking her favorite old friend, Pink Rabbit, in favor of a newer toy -- and later regretted it. In her nine-year-old mind, she thought Hitler was playing with the toys she left behind.

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