The Upstairs Room This book is about a Jewish girl named Annie. Her life completely changed around 1941. When Hitler had started to do the bad things to the Jewish. She had two sisters, Rachael and Sini.
They lived in Winterswijk. They weren’t safe living there, so they moved to the woods. Their mother was sick, so she didn’t want to go to America. She ended up in the hospital.
But she died a week before they were taking Jewish people from the hospitals. The Germans wanted more people to go to the concentration camps so they had to hide. Their dad went to a friends hiding place because they only had space for one. Rachael, Sini and Annie were supposed to go to the Hannink. Rachael did not want to go. Sini had to die her hair to go so they wouldn’t know she was a Jewish.
Annie had to cut her hair and dress like a boy to go. When they got to Us selo she met Dini Hannink, they went to her house together. They stayed there for about to two weeks. Then they had to go to the Oostervelds. They were really nice people. Johan was a farmer, Dientje, and Opo e (Johan’s mother).
They were supposed to stay there for at least a week because Mr. Hannink thought a German followed him. Annie’s legs were getting crooked and couldn’t walk that much so she had to exercise. She really hated to do that. After a year and a half they haven’t even seen how the house looked.
And Sini really wanted a tan. So Johan let them go out. He was going to pick them up around dinner. But then Dientje’s sister came and they couldn’t get in. Annie got real sick that day. A nice doctor came and helped them.
The Essay on Jewish Food
In the time of Jesus, food often had religious and historical significance. Even today food still has these significances to the Jews. The main resource of historical information about the early life of Jews is the Bible. Jewish scribes began recording their histories while in Babylon. These histories are the Old Testament. Many types of food are mentioned in the Bible.For example, the story of ...
The Germans came to inspect their house but Johan made a hiding place in the closet. The Germans caught one of their friends. They knew who had told the Germans so they told Johan to kill him and he did. He went to hide for a while in somewhere else. Then one day Germans come and tell them they want to use their house for headquarters. They tried to make them not like it but they wanted it.
Now Sini and Annie couldn’t do anything they would be in their pajamas and be in bed all day. They were getting tired of doing that especially Sini. Then one day Sini wanted wool so Annie went to the kitchen to get it. One soldier saw her. She ran upstairs and told Sini so they dressed up thinking they would have to go. But Dientje told him it was her niece.
After a while they left. The Canadians and Americans started coming more towards their way. They would wait so long to come. Sini was so tired of being in the house so she died her hair again and they gave here a fake id so she could work.
She started dating after a while. Then the Canadians came and the Germans lost. So they were free again but they didn’t want to go back to Winterswijk. So Rachael went by herself to clean up the house. After about a week they all went in Sini boyfriend’s car. The closest person I think I can relate to would be Sini because she got tired of being in one place for two years with no freedom and with being careful anyone could see her.
I would want to go to work also if it meant I got to get out of that place.
