https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6 Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2019-03-25 19:23:58 UTC 2024-12-16 21:31:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/349010171 During this scene one of the German soldiers purposely knocks a clock off a table that is very important to the Bornstien family.  This is important because it shows how little the soldiers care about any Jews and how far they would go to hurt them.]]> 2019-04-05 17:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/349010171 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/351296653 During this scene Michael and his mom reunite for the first time since she left Auschwitz. Michael is in shock because he believes that his mom is dead because he was told there was a fire at the factory she works at.  Michael is also unsure because the last time he thought someone was his mom he was disappointed to realize it was his aunt.  This is important because it shows how much love michael and his mother have and  it shows people DO make it out of traumatic events with their families.]]> 2019-04-12 19:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/351296653 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353517467 During this scene Germans come knocking on michaels family Shabbat dinner.  They are trying to hurt them and call them dirty Jews, but aunt Hilda claims they aren’t and takes them up to Ruth’s room, who used to live in a Christian orphanage.  Hilda tells Ruth to say her prayers and she does and proves they are a catholic household.  This is important because everyone though that Ruth being in the catholic orphanage was a bad thing but on this night it saved all their lives.]]> 2019-04-23 19:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353517467 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353519525 During this scene Michael and his grandmother had just been liberated from Auschwitz.  As the soldiers are filling out paperwork for them and asking questions, one asks where michaels parents are and his grandmother replies that they are dead.  Michael doesn’t want to believe this and thinks his mother is still alive.  This is important because this is the first of many times Michael is told that his mother has passed away when he doesn’t believe it.]]> 2019-04-23 19:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353519525 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353521522 During this scene michaels mother comes to visit him in his barrack.  She was taking a very big risk doing this, if she was caught she and Michael would be immediately killed.  She did this to see how he was doing and to bring him some bread.  This is important because it shows how much she cares about him, she was willing to risk her life and her food for her son.]]> 2019-04-23 19:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353521522 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353962983 During this scene Michael and his family are packing to be shipped away to a new ghetto.  While packing up the last of their belongings, officer Schmitt, a German guard .  He tells Michaels family’s that they will be shipped someone else and be kept safe. This is important because it shows that not all soldiers and heart less and some of them care about the Jews, even if it’s just a little.]]> 2019-04-25 01:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353962983 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353967880 During this scene Ruth is left on a bench in the middle of a city.  The family that is looking after her is afraid she will be found and they will be killed.  So they decide to leave her on a bench right by an orphanage.  This is important because it shows that even though the orphanage owners know she is Jewish they still decide to take her in and accept as their own despite her religion.]]> 2019-04-25 02:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353967880 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353968940 In this scene Michaels mom has been waiting all day for Michaels father to come home and she is very scared for him.  She has been standing in the same spot all day in worry for him.  She hasn’t been able to do any work around the house or even talk to her sons.  This is important because it shows not only the men went through things during the hard times, wife’s go through hard days trying to imagine there husbands coming home safe.]]> 2019-04-25 02:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353968940 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353971365 During this scene kids in the bunk are warning Michael about the soldiers and what happens around camp.  They are telling him to not trust them because they will try to run experiments on him.  This is important because it shows how children are helping people they don’t even know because they know how it feels.  It also shows that soldiers would do anything to hurt people, even kids.]]> 2019-04-25 02:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353971365 10035010 https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353973718 During this scene the Judenrat and Michaels dad are trying to help the Jewish families around their ghetto by opening a soup kitchen. Most of the families are too proud to take the food and feel bad about themselves.  So, the judenrat takes it into their own hands to hand deliver the soups to houses.  This is important because it shows how much then Jewish leaders care about their community.]]> 2019-04-25 02:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/10035010/k6oyyu4ge7a6/wish/353973718