Chandler:
Before or after you were shot by your own troops?

Stefan: Stefan was super angry and frustrated when he found out about the invasion of the nazis. 

Mother and Father: Mother and Father were upset and sad when they found out about the invasion of the nazis. 

Erik: Erik was indifferent and didn’t really care when he found out about the invasion of the nazis. 

         Lisa: Lisa was shocked and scared when she found out about the invasion of the nazis. 

 

Lisa’s father, being a doctor, can't stand treating and healing the Germans. 

She realizes that the Nazis hate the Jews and blame the Jews for everything. She realizes that because of this it puts her entire family in danger as the Nazis now control and rule Denmark now.

She decides to follow Stefan and Jesper after hearing the two arguing the other night. They were fighting because Jesper wouldn't let Stefan do the more dangerous things in the resistance because Stefan was jewish and therefore more in danger to the nazis. When following Jesper and Stefan she discovers that they are trying to leak out the true information so that

What “game” do Stefan and Lisa play with the Nazi soldiers? (1)

They play chicken. To play this game you walk directly towards someone in this case the German soldiers and whoever moves away first loses.

Name three things the Resistance has done to fight back against the Nazis. (3)

By dropping papers and leaflets and also telling them to listen to radio free Denmark for the actual truth about the war. 

She’s waiting anxiously for Stefan so that she can convince him to let her help.

Dear, Denmark Helpline.                                                                                                       May 12, 1940

 I really need your advice. I may have made one of the worst decisions of my life. I think this war has made me so mad that I've put my own sister in danger. I am without doubt the worst brother. Tell me how to make this right. 

I joined a resistance to fight back to the attacks of the Nazis. We drop pamphlets on street cars and on the streets so that the citizens of Denmark can know the true news and not the made up crap that the Germans come up with. My sister probably found one of these pamphlets and thought I had something to do with this. Anyway she asked if she could join the resistance and help. At first I said no but then I had realized that we need as much help as possible to fight the Germans. I had thought that even if I had been firm on no she probably would have found another way to help the resistance. But then later that night I couldn’t help thinking that If she got caught she would be shipped to a concentration camp or maybe even worse. And that would be entirely my fault for putting my sister in danger just so that Denmark had another member in the resistance. I act all tough around my entire family but only Jesper knows just how much I hate this war and would do anything for this war to stop even if it would cost my life. During the night I can barely sleep because of nightmares of my family being killed for no reason other than being Jewish. And now it's much worse knowing that these nightmares might as well come true if my sister gets caught. 

I feel as though this is the absolute worst decision I've made in my life. Is there anyway there’s a positive aspect to this? Please give me some advice.

Sincerely, 

Anxious Big Brother

- they adopt a baby
- suzanne's parents die
- lisa gets to dance at susanne’s parents dance hall
- It was her first birthday that she had to celebrate even with the Nazi invasion

When Lisa tells Stefan and Erik about the hospital massacre, how does Erik react? Why does his reaction make Stefan so mad? (3)

- Erik reacts with sympathy
- which makes Stefan mad as he thinks that Erik’s sympathy is fake and quoting Stefan he doesn't want eriks “phony sympathy”

What “surprise” is waiting at home for Lisa and Stefan when they get back from Lisa’s birthday celebration? (1)

Lisa’s family had adopted a baby(sarah)


What happens to Susanne in chapter seven? (2)

Her parents die,She’s burnt and hurt and her hair is charred off

In chapter eight, what was Susanne’s motivation for helping with the resistance bombing? (1)

Her parents had died so according to her she had nothing to lose

After they set the factory bomb, Lisa says the following:

She means that the germans have made them come to the same level as the germans by how when killing someone they don't have any emotion other than being satisfied.

Will Lisa and her family be thrown into a concentration camp?

No, Lisa and her family did not get thrown into a concentration camp. When reading the first few chapters I thought that maybe the story would be of Lisa and her family being thrown into a concentration camp, but I was wrong as that did not happen.

World War ll officially began September 1 1939

World war ll ended September 2 1945

Hitlers invasion of Poland

axis forces - Germany, Italy and Japan
allied forces- Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union

Who were the key political leaders and what country did each leader represent? (7)

 Adolf Hitler - Germany
Philippe Pétain (Vichy France)​
Tōjō Hideki (Japan)​
Winston Churchill (United Kingdom)​
Charles de Gaulle (Free France)
​Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States)
Harry S. Truman (United States)
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
Chiang Kai-shek (China)

What does the word “kristallnacht” mean? (1)

(German: “Crystal Night”) , also called Night of Broken Glass or November Pogroms,

Briefly tell what happened on Kristallnacht? (2)

When German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. The name Kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. The night of November 9–10, 1938,

What is the Holocaust? (1)

The Holocaust, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German-occupied Europe,

What does the word Holocaust mean? (1)

A Jewish sacrificial offering that was burned completely on an altar. Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

What Hebrew word is sometimes used instead of Holocaust? (1)

In Judaism, Shoah (שואה), meaning "calamity" in Hebrew, became the standard term for the 20th-century Holocaust.

My favorite chapter would either be chapter 6 or 7. Chapter 6 because I liked the fact that it had been 2 years since the Nazi’s invaded Denmark, I liked how this chapter introduced us to Sarah and the sad deaths of her parents. I also thought that for Lisa’s 14th birthday it was pretty cool that she got to go to a dance hall. I also liked chapter 7 because it was incredibly short but packed with so many events, some good and some bad. Good being Lisa’s family adopting Sarah and bad being the explosion at the dance hall leading to Susanne's parents death. 

My favorite character in this book would be Susanne. I liked her character and I found that it was really brave of her to not stay crying inside the entire time when her parents died but to have the motivation to fight back and to not give up. I felt as though I could Identify with Susanne a bit. If I were in her shoes I would have definitely been at home crying and grieving if my parents died. I would have probably grieved longer than Susanne did, but after I got past the grieving stage, I would have also had the determination and motivation to fight back and bring justice to my parents death. I really wished that Susanne could have been in the book a bit longer, as in all the way to the end with Lisa. 

I would definitely recommend this book to someone who likes to read about war, especially WW2. I would also recommend this book to people who, like me, are not a huge fan of war books so that they can give these sorts of books a shot! . Before reading Lisa’s War I read a book called “Linked” by Gordon Korman and I found the book really really interesting. Linked was also a bit based on world war 2 but unlike Lisa’s war it was in present time not in 1939 (the time of war). I would also definitely recommend “Linked” by Gordon Korman. 

Lisa’s War, By: Carol Matas is a really good book to read if you want to learn a bit of history about WW2 without opening a textbook. I found that there were a few moments in this book where you didn’t expect something to happen, so I thought it was quite suspenseful at times. Lisa’s War was written from the point of view of a 14 year old girl which is a point of view you wouldn’t really think about when you think of someone's life through war. I think that itself definitely shows that Lisa’s War is not like a classic war book, therefore making it more interesting. I really enjoyed reading Lisa’s War and I think it might be in my top 3 favorite war books! ( I’ve only read 3 war books :D )

When this quote happened she was dreaming about a bee when she woke up she still heard the buzzing noise of the bee. She thought that maybe it was one of those dreams where even though you open your eyes you can still see it (in this case hear it). It was not one of those dreams but the sound of Denmark being taken in the control of Germany. This quote is definitely significant to the story as it begins the whole book of Lisa trying to fight back to the Nazi’s control over Denmark.

“I leap off, dragging my bag, run into the grass and trees beside the stop, and finish throwing up. Then I sink down by my sack. I’m weak, I’m shaking. I think I’m crying, and my mouth tastes terrible. I want to go home. How did I get myself into this? I think back to the streetcar. All those people – they saved me. Maybe they saved my life.” (p. 29)

When this quote happened it was her first day of helping the resistance. Her job was to drop a newspaper at each street car that she went into. When she went into her first streetcar and was about to drop a paper she saw 2 German soldiers so she quickly put it back inside. When she was about to leave the streetcar she threw up on the soldiers. 20 people or so blocked the soldiers from getting to Lisa so she could escape. This quote is significant to the story because this was her first mission to fight back against the Germans. It's also significant because if the 20 or so people did not block the soldiers from Lisa she would have been caught for helping the resistance and because she’s Jewish they would put her into a concentration camp. 

“She whispers to me, ‘That was for Mama and Papa. But it was only the first.’ She’s actually enjoying herself.

When this quote happened Susanne had followed Stefan on his late night mission and asked him if she could help. She wanted to help to bring justice for her parents death and the fact that she felt as though she had nothing left to lose. Stefan brings them to the factory and tells Lisa and Susanne to pour kerosene in straight lines all the way to the explosives. After they do that they all run out of the factory and into the car. When they enter the car, seconds later the factory explodes. Susanne sees this and smiles; she says that it was for her “mama and papa”. This quote is significant to the story because Susanne now feels satisfied and happy that the lives of the German soldiers are now dead. When Lisa says that “ these Germans are dragging us all down to their level. How will we keep ourselves better than them?” She means that German soldiers when killing someone find happiness in doing it, and now an innocent 14 year old also finds happiness in killing someone. Therefore in a way they are similar to each other and Lisa feels that if we can be even somewhat similar to the Nazi’s then the Germans have now dragged them to their level.

“ ‘No, Father, it can’t be!’ I cry. I’m not willing to accept what he’s getting at. What does it matter that we are Jewish? I don’t feel any different than anyone else, and I’m not treated differently. Now will I have to be only a Jew? Is being a Jew all that’s important about me? The very name Eichmann makes me feel sick to my stomach.” (p. 57)

When this quote happened Lisa’s father is telling them that Susanne has to go to her aunt and uncles because the Nazi’s are now trying to round up all the Jews. They feel that Susanne, who isn’t even jewish should not suffer just because she’s bestfriends with someone who is jewish. Lisa can’t deal with the fact that now the Nazi’s are rounding up the Jews. She feels as though she is like every other person but just because of her family background and culture she is in danger of being put into a concentration camp. This quote is very important to the story because the Nazi’s are now beggining to round up the Jews. It is also significant because Lisa feels that her entire life now revolves around her being jewish. Quoting Lisa “The very name Eichmann makes me feel sick to my stomach.” I feel that no one should ever be ashamed or disgusted by their culture and religion. I feel that it's really not fair for someone to be discriminated against just for your culture and religion as well. I feel that if Lisa were to be ashamed of her religion then that would mean she is really upset and I think that no one should ever go through that.

“ ‘I’m afraid there will be no service tonight at the synagogue,’ Father continues. ‘Rabbi Melchior told everyone at the early service that he’ll be closing the  synagogue. He’s going on holiday.’

When this quote happened Lisa was really excited to go to the synagogue but then found out that Rabbi Melchior closed the synagogue as he’s on holiday. Hearing this news makes Lisa laugh because it is not a common thing for a Rabbi to be gone on holiday on Rosh Hashanah. It’s kind of like the church not being open on Christmas. She then realizes the real reason as to why the synagogue is closed. The Germans are trying to round up all the Jews at the synagogue. This quote is significant to the story because it shows just how much the Jews are in danger. They can be rounded up basically any time soon and sent to concentration camps.