The Devil's Arithmetic by RoyBradburn

Hannah complains about going to Seder

roybradburn — 2025-04-03 16:04:20 UTC

Hannah wanted to go to Rosemary's house rather than the Seder.

Hannah is greeted by all her relatives

roybradburn — 2025-04-03 16:07:36 UTC

Hannah hides in the bathroom from the loads of attention

Hannah goes through a mysterious door instead of seeing Elijah

roybradburn — 2025-04-03 16:09:17 UTC

Instead of opening the door for Elijah, Hannah is transported to another time

Hannah is confused

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-03 16:10:58 UTC

People Hannah doesn't know think she's someone else.

Hannah adjusts

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-03 16:13:07 UTC

Hannah learns about Chaya or "herself"

Hannah celebrates Seder with her family

roybradburn — 2025-04-03 16:15:21 UTC

Hannah gives toasts, hides the akafoman then opens the door for Elijah.

Hannah learns Shmuel is to be married

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-03 16:19:02 UTC

Shmuel, Chaya's uncle is to be married with Fayge.

Hannah comforts Shmuel

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Hannah comforts Smuel for his fears of being married.

Hannah

azucenadiaz1 — 2025-04-03 16:25:16 UTC

hannah meets Chaya's relatives

Hannah gets dressed...

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Hannah prepares for Shmuel's wedding with a hideous dress that Gitl claims is beautiful and expensive

Hannah meets

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hannah meets the rest of the girls

Hannah tells the girls of her stories

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Hannah tells lots of stories like Star Wars and Little Women

Hannah meets the badchan

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Hannah meets the badchan and thinks of him like a Jewish Jester

Gitil

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Gitil introduced Chaya to everyone and Fayge

Hannah puts two and two together

roybradburn — 2025-04-03 23:41:37 UTC

Hannah realizes they are on the verge of the HOLOCAUST and sees Nazis ready to send them to camps ahead.

The Nazis Talk to Them

roybradburn — 2025-04-07 15:25:56 UTC

The Nazis "assure" Them that they must get in the truck for safety of the war.

Everyone gets in the truck

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-07 15:27:42 UTC

The Nazis tell everyone that they will be sent to retirement homes, and that they will live peacefully there, so everyone gets inside the truck and gets sent away.

hannah knows what Is going to happen

azucenadiaz1 — 2025-04-07 15:29:41 UTC

Hannah knows what is going to happen but nobody believes her because she is sick

The Jews Sing

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:00:52 UTC

While in the trucks, the Jews sing songs to comfort themselves and their children.

The "Readying" for resettlement

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:02:31 UTC

The Nazis force the Jews out of the truck, make them lie on the ground, and strip them of their belongings.

Locked in a Box... car

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:04:47 UTC

The Jews, now stripped of their belongings, are shoved in boxcars and locked in.

Stories

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:06:09 UTC

The Jews tell stories about how they have heard about things like what is happening to them

Work sets you free

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:07:41 UTC

The Jews finally see their destination: the camps.

The Showers

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-25 17:11:01 UTC

The Jews are told to be stripped naked and enter "the showers."

The digging of old clothes

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:12:31 UTC

The Jews dig through old clothes to wear.

the tattoo

azucenadiaz1 — 2025-04-25 17:14:30 UTC

The guards bring in a man who has come to tattoo them when its hannah turn the man starts to tell her that she is wearing his daughters dress they he bought for her in Lublin the guards get mad and tell he man to hurry up he tells to only remember this number.

Hair cutting

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The Jews are all shaved clean

Death takes a Child

roybradburn — 2025-04-25 17:20:54 UTC

Tzipporah dies

Yum Yums

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The Jews receive revolting food

Hannah Gets her Bowl

lorenzolombardini — 2025-04-25 17:28:25 UTC

When it was Hannah's turn to get food, the person handing the bowls out said to everyone including Hannah that they need to memorize their dents and shapes because that is the only one she is going to get. The person also calls them Every Bowls because you have to use it for cleaning, drinking, and eating.

Hannah interprets

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:09:58 UTC

Hannah "interprets" the tattoos by connecting them to people's lives.

Commandant!

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:11:10 UTC

The commandant comes and children hide in the midden.

Scarf.

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:12:10 UTC

Gitl "organizes" a scarf for Hannah.

Pizza confusion

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:13:33 UTC

The girls and Hannah try to figure out "pizza" which is a future food.

Another visit from death

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Rueven is killed

The Plan

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Hannah, Gitl, and Yitzchak try to escape, but are foiled

Death grows stronger

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:17:11 UTC

six more men, and one woman are killed. Amongst them: Shmuel and Fayge

Three more go...

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:18:24 UTC

Esther, Shifre, and Rivka are sent to be killed, but Hannah takes Rivka's place.

Ready or not... (1b)

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:19:20 UTC

This is not an event. It is a time warp

Ready or not... (1)

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:20:28 UTC

This is not an event. It is a time warp.

Ready or not... (2)

roybradburn — 2025-04-30 15:21:28 UTC

This is not an event. It is a time warp.

Ready or not... (2b)

roybradburn — 2025-05-01 16:13:13 UTC

This is not an event. It is a time warp

Hannah sees... nothing

roybradburn — 2025-05-01 16:14:17 UTC

Hannah looks into the halls but they are empty.

Hannah notices Aunt Eva's Number

roybradburn — 2025-05-01 16:15:29 UTC

Hannah notices lots, that Grandpa Will is Wolfe, and that Aunt Eva is Rivka.

Aunt Eva and the story

azucenadiaz1 — 2025-05-01 16:19:05 UTC

Aunt Eva tells Hannah the story with such detail that Hannah feels it and can imagine it so well.