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Trapped in Hitler's Web
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler and Stolen Girl) delivers a gripping story about the bonds of friendship forged in the perils of war.
In the grip of World War II, Maria has realized that her Nazi-occupied Ukrainian town is no longer safe. Though she and her family might survive, her friend Nathan, who is Jewish, is in grave danger. So Maria and Nathan flee -- into the heart of Hitler's Reich in Austria. There, they hope to hide in plain sight by blending in with other foreign workers. But their plans are disrupted when they are separated, sent to work in different towns. With no way to communicate with Nathan, how can Maria keep him safe? And will they be able to escape Hitler's web of destruction?
In the grip of World War II, Maria has realized that her Nazi-occupied Ukrainian town is no longer safe. Though she and her family might survive, her friend Nathan, who is Jewish, is in grave danger. So Maria and Nathan flee -- into the heart of Hitler's Reich in Austria. There, they hope to hide in plain sight by blending in with other foreign workers. But their plans are disrupted when they are separated, sent to work in different towns. With no way to communicate with Nathan, how can Maria keep him safe? And will they be able to escape Hitler's web of destruction?
240 pages, Hardcover
First published October 6, 2020
About the author
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
30 books790 followersMarsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of 20+ books for young people, yet she didn’t read until age 9. She now considers dyslexia to be a gift. Her scrupulously researched historical fiction and narrative non-fiction focuses on refugees and war from a young person’s perspective. Her books have won many honors, but her favorites are the provincial readers’ choice awards, of which she’s won many. Marsha has a Master of Library Science degree and worked as a librarian for the federal government before she began writing books. She considers herself a librarian-detective (and also a princess, but that’s another story).
Her best-known book is Making Bombs for Hitler. Her newest is Winterkill.
Her best-known book is Making Bombs for Hitler. Her newest is Winterkill.
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October 5, 2020
So often WW II books are told from the vantage point of Great Britain, France, or Germany. So often points further east are not given the attention that this new title does. In it we read the story of Maria and her experiences on a work farm in Austria. Posters plastered around her village in the Ukraine tell of opportunities for workers to earn money doing farm work. Maria and her Jewish friend Nathan decide to take advantage of the chance to flee the Ukraine and the fighting between Nazis and Soviets as well as the danger for discovery of Nathan's Jewish ancestry. Unfortunately the two are separated early in the story, so the book is mainly about Maria. Her experiences as a Slavic farm worker are a revealing picture of the hirearchy that existed under Nazi rule. Even Polish farm workers were distinguished from those of the Ukraine and treated differently. Frau Huber, the farm matron, is a caught between a rock and a hard place. She has compassion for workers like Maria, but also has the Nazis watching her and requiring quotas from her farm. Filled with rich historical details and real-life dilemmas, this is a compelling read. Readers who appreciate books like this can later read titles like 'Between Shades of Gray' by Ruta Sepetys.
Thank you to Scholastic, Inc. and Edelweiss+ for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Scholastic, Inc. and Edelweiss+ for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.
May 23, 2020
Marsha F. Skrypuch’s story of Krystia in “Don’t Tell the Nazis” is augmented with her sister’s experience in “Trapped in Hitler’s Web,” but both books can be read as a stand alone novels. Maria has escaped their Nazi invaded town with her best friend Nathan who has taken on the identity of a deceased Christian boy in an effort to hide the fact that he is Jewish. The best solution appears to be joining the German workforce, but the propaganda posters lied. Instead of earning a living for themselves and helping Maria’s family, the duo is thrust into another German “prison” in the form of forced labor. While Maria and Nathan are not real life survivors, their experiences reflect that of many who were kidnapped, pressed to work in factories and on farms and construction crews under sub-human conditions. Skrypuch continues to teach middle grade students about the Ukrainian WWII reality of being torn apart first by Stalin and then again by Hitler, but in a way that is appropriate to the age of the readers. I fully expect to maintain a waiting list for this important work just as I do for “Making Bombs for Hitler,” “Stolen Girl,” “The War Below,” and “Don’t Tell the Nazis.” Thanks for the dARC, Edelweiss.
April 18, 2021
Great sequel to "Don't tell the Nazis." The book let me journey along with Maria and Nathan, middle-grade age children, who bravely and naively, volunteer to be labourers for the Third Reich. I grew quite attached to Maria and her difficult situation. Later, I appreciated the afterword where the author says, "I can't think of a more powerful tool for creating good—and for making sure that history doesn't repeat itself—than discovering empathy through books." If Skrypuch is trying to create empathy, then she has indeed succeeded.
November 7, 2020
It's October 1942 and Ukraine is now occupied by Nazi soldiers, having already defeated the Soviet occupiers. Maria Fediuk, 11, has just made the difficult decision, at her friend Nathan's urging, to leave her home in Viteretz and travel to the German Reich. There, she hopes to get a job so that she can send money home to help out her mother and sister Krystia, 12. But, the real reason for leaving Ukraine is that Nathan is Jewish and it would only be a matter of time before his was captured by the Nazis. Luckily, he has false identity papers to keep him safe.
Before they leave, Maria is able to get a message to her family to let them know where she is going. They had been assigned to work in a metalworks factory in Austria and loaded into a train cattle car with other children, most of whom were stolen by the Nazis for work. Nathan and Maria believe their work cards will protect them. But along the way, each time the train stops, some of the kids are selected and taken from the train. Which is how Nathan and Maria are separated in Salzburg, when he is selected for work there and she goes on to Innsbruck.
There, Maria discovers that the girl who filled out her work card didn't put down a metalworks factory, but rather a farm. Taken to the Huber farm, Maria is given a cow stall to sleep along with another girl named Bianka. The farm is owned by Herr and Frau Huber, but he is off fighting and his wife runs things, along with her parents, Herr and Frag Lang. They are required to turn over all food produced to feed Nazi soldiers and are watched carefully by a cold, cruel Blockleiter named Doris Schutt.
The work is hard, but it doesn't take long for Maria to figure out that the Hubers and Langs are not Nazis. Polish/Ukrainian workers are only allowed 600 calories a day, but as Maria and Bianka are harvesting potatoes, Frau Huber whispers to Maria that she is allowed to take two potatoes, but to not let anyone see her do it. It also becomes clear that Frau Huber is worried about her husband and son Otto, both serving on the Eastern Front, and resentful that her daughter is a staunch member of the Hitler Youth, even going so far as to call her mother Frau Huber instead of mutti.
As the war stretches on, Maria realizes how lucky she is to be at the Huber farm, but worries constantly about her mother and sister back home, and about Nathan, whom she learns, is building a bridge in Salzburg. After she learns that neutral Switzerland isn't that far from Austria (now called Ostmark), Maria is determined to get to Salzburg to find Nathan and tell him how to escape. When Otto is injured, Frau Huber takes her on the trip to Salzburg where he is in hospital. There, Maria is able to meet with Nathan for a short time and tell him about Switzerland. He wants her to go with him, but she feels she needs to say at the Huber farm in case her mother and sister come looking for her.
Trapped in Hitler's Web is, like all of Marsha Frochuk Skrypuch's novels, based on real-life events (read the Author's Note at the end of the novel to understand how and why this is a personal story for her). It is not what I would call action packed, but it is definitely a story that will keep you reading while biting your nails.
There aren't that many books that take place in Austria, and it is interesting to note that the area around Innsbruck, where the Huber farm is, wasn't bombed until much later in the war, giving Maria a certain sense of safety for a long time. I liked that the Hubers and Langs were not Nazi supporters (with the exception of daughter Sophie), even though Maria was conflicted about their treatment of non-Aryans. Most people assume if you were Aryan, you were a supporter of Hitler, but that isn't really the case. Most people were bullied and threatened into doing what the Reich required of them, just like the Hubers are.
Lots of everyday details like this are included in the story and it really gives readers a good sense of what life was like under Nazi occupation. Even though Sophie Huber didn't have a big part in the story, I read a book called Ostmarkmädel for my dissertation and she could have stepped right out of that book, she was so realistically drawn. She also includes information about how the different foreign workers are treated based on where they come from. For example, Aryan workers are treated much better than Slavic workers like Maria and Bianka. And how, while everyone else is starving, luxury food items are always available to high ranking Nazis. And how the Nazis germanized the names of countries, cities and towns that they occupied.
I actually read Trapped in Hitler's Web without realizing that it is a sequel to Don't Tell the Nazis which I haven't read yet. So I can tell readers know that this is most definitely a stand alone novel. Anything you need to know from the first book is included in Maria's story.
This novel will certainly appeal to readers interested in historical fiction about WWII and the Holocaust, and will no doubt end up fans of Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and her WWII fiction, if they aren't already.
This book is recommended for readers age 9+
This book was an EARC gratefully received from Edelweiss+
Before they leave, Maria is able to get a message to her family to let them know where she is going. They had been assigned to work in a metalworks factory in Austria and loaded into a train cattle car with other children, most of whom were stolen by the Nazis for work. Nathan and Maria believe their work cards will protect them. But along the way, each time the train stops, some of the kids are selected and taken from the train. Which is how Nathan and Maria are separated in Salzburg, when he is selected for work there and she goes on to Innsbruck.
There, Maria discovers that the girl who filled out her work card didn't put down a metalworks factory, but rather a farm. Taken to the Huber farm, Maria is given a cow stall to sleep along with another girl named Bianka. The farm is owned by Herr and Frau Huber, but he is off fighting and his wife runs things, along with her parents, Herr and Frag Lang. They are required to turn over all food produced to feed Nazi soldiers and are watched carefully by a cold, cruel Blockleiter named Doris Schutt.
The work is hard, but it doesn't take long for Maria to figure out that the Hubers and Langs are not Nazis. Polish/Ukrainian workers are only allowed 600 calories a day, but as Maria and Bianka are harvesting potatoes, Frau Huber whispers to Maria that she is allowed to take two potatoes, but to not let anyone see her do it. It also becomes clear that Frau Huber is worried about her husband and son Otto, both serving on the Eastern Front, and resentful that her daughter is a staunch member of the Hitler Youth, even going so far as to call her mother Frau Huber instead of mutti.
As the war stretches on, Maria realizes how lucky she is to be at the Huber farm, but worries constantly about her mother and sister back home, and about Nathan, whom she learns, is building a bridge in Salzburg. After she learns that neutral Switzerland isn't that far from Austria (now called Ostmark), Maria is determined to get to Salzburg to find Nathan and tell him how to escape. When Otto is injured, Frau Huber takes her on the trip to Salzburg where he is in hospital. There, Maria is able to meet with Nathan for a short time and tell him about Switzerland. He wants her to go with him, but she feels she needs to say at the Huber farm in case her mother and sister come looking for her.
Trapped in Hitler's Web is, like all of Marsha Frochuk Skrypuch's novels, based on real-life events (read the Author's Note at the end of the novel to understand how and why this is a personal story for her). It is not what I would call action packed, but it is definitely a story that will keep you reading while biting your nails.
There aren't that many books that take place in Austria, and it is interesting to note that the area around Innsbruck, where the Huber farm is, wasn't bombed until much later in the war, giving Maria a certain sense of safety for a long time. I liked that the Hubers and Langs were not Nazi supporters (with the exception of daughter Sophie), even though Maria was conflicted about their treatment of non-Aryans. Most people assume if you were Aryan, you were a supporter of Hitler, but that isn't really the case. Most people were bullied and threatened into doing what the Reich required of them, just like the Hubers are.
Lots of everyday details like this are included in the story and it really gives readers a good sense of what life was like under Nazi occupation. Even though Sophie Huber didn't have a big part in the story, I read a book called Ostmarkmädel for my dissertation and she could have stepped right out of that book, she was so realistically drawn. She also includes information about how the different foreign workers are treated based on where they come from. For example, Aryan workers are treated much better than Slavic workers like Maria and Bianka. And how, while everyone else is starving, luxury food items are always available to high ranking Nazis. And how the Nazis germanized the names of countries, cities and towns that they occupied.
I actually read Trapped in Hitler's Web without realizing that it is a sequel to Don't Tell the Nazis which I haven't read yet. So I can tell readers know that this is most definitely a stand alone novel. Anything you need to know from the first book is included in Maria's story.
This novel will certainly appeal to readers interested in historical fiction about WWII and the Holocaust, and will no doubt end up fans of Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and her WWII fiction, if they aren't already.
This book is recommended for readers age 9+
This book was an EARC gratefully received from Edelweiss+
July 5, 2021
i loved it! one thing i love about marsha’s writing is that it tells the lesser known stories of wwll, and this was one of them. you can learn so much from her books! i finished the book in two days, and it was an excellent read. would definitely recommend!
April 2, 2021
This is more than a story about 11-year-old Ukrainian Maria (age 13 by story's end) escaping the Nazis and Soviets during World War II. What's bold and interesting is how even through near starvation and mistreatment, Maria has moments of empathy for her "employers" (she is forced labor). She comes to understand they're all caught in Hitler's web, a profound theme.
It made me angry to be helping my enemy... But then I thought of Otto [her employer's son] in the harsh winter with Soviet bullets raining down. I had met him face-to-face and he had treated me like a human. Was Otto my enemy? He didn't believe in Hitler the way his sister did, yet he was in Hitler's army. And what about the Soviet army? They had killed my friends and family and that's who Otto was fighting. It was all so confusing.
This historical novel is highly educational about every aspect of the war, including the brainwashing and cruelty of the League of German Girls, who learned to look down even on their parents. Occasionally it feels like the education element overshadows the flow of the novel. For instance: "A thousand tons of Allied bombs fell on German cities in the summer of 1943..." Maria herself would not have known that information, so very briefly it feels we've strayed from her head.
Also, given than she and her Jewish friend Nathan become separated early on in the story, and her concern for him is a main component of the novel, there's the challenge of keeping the reader as invested in his story as Maria is. More flashbacks of their pre-war friendship would have served the reader better than the constant, "I wonder what Nathan is doing now" thoughts.
The scene where she is finally reunited with her sister -- and strikes her angrily upon learning that their mother has died -- was as puzzling to me as the scene where her employer lets her go with no resistance near the end.
But it's a highly compelling and insightful novel, yet another fine contribution from this renowned Ukrainian-Canadian author.
It made me angry to be helping my enemy... But then I thought of Otto [her employer's son] in the harsh winter with Soviet bullets raining down. I had met him face-to-face and he had treated me like a human. Was Otto my enemy? He didn't believe in Hitler the way his sister did, yet he was in Hitler's army. And what about the Soviet army? They had killed my friends and family and that's who Otto was fighting. It was all so confusing.
This historical novel is highly educational about every aspect of the war, including the brainwashing and cruelty of the League of German Girls, who learned to look down even on their parents. Occasionally it feels like the education element overshadows the flow of the novel. For instance: "A thousand tons of Allied bombs fell on German cities in the summer of 1943..." Maria herself would not have known that information, so very briefly it feels we've strayed from her head.
Also, given than she and her Jewish friend Nathan become separated early on in the story, and her concern for him is a main component of the novel, there's the challenge of keeping the reader as invested in his story as Maria is. More flashbacks of their pre-war friendship would have served the reader better than the constant, "I wonder what Nathan is doing now" thoughts.
The scene where she is finally reunited with her sister -- and strikes her angrily upon learning that their mother has died -- was as puzzling to me as the scene where her employer lets her go with no resistance near the end.
But it's a highly compelling and insightful novel, yet another fine contribution from this renowned Ukrainian-Canadian author.
January 10, 2024
So good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 10, 2022
This book was very well down. This book was very sad but also very exciting.
September 17, 2021
Inspired by real events in WWII, Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch has crafted a heart-wrenching story of friendship and resiliency of the youth caught in the horror of war. Eleven year-old Maria flees her German occupied Ukraine with her Jewish friend Nathan in an attempt to save him. Their plan to hide in plain sight, working in Germany is shattered when they are separated by the Nazis. As Maria works on a farm in Austria she continues to look for opportunities to help Nathan and be reunited with her mother and sister.
This novel would be an excellent source for middle grade students to learn about WWII. It is a compelling narrative but also contains so much information about the war in Europe.
This novel would be an excellent source for middle grade students to learn about WWII. It is a compelling narrative but also contains so much information about the war in Europe.
August 2, 2023
Excellently written book. I got sucked into this book and could not put it down. It felt very real and very historically appropriate. I had a teacher in college that lived in Lwow and was captured and taken to Siberia during the war. Much of her travel, her feelings, and her experiences matched a lot of this story. She may have been taken to the opposite side of the continent, but to hear a story encapsulate such similarity to how she felt was truly impressive. As always, this author does a fantastic job of brining the war era to life for young readers.
April 6, 2024
This book shows if you were not accepted into a certain type of races in World War Two you were a “subhuman” that was treated horribly. Maria was so kind in helping Nathan her Jewish friend it made me smile. I would have done the same thing in helping someone I cared about. Many people during World War Two had to work very hard, but were treated horribly and was not given much food or water. I think it was nice of the girl in charge of the farmer to help those who were not at the same treatment as her to help others by giving them extra food. This is a very good book.
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September 1, 2024
Easy read on Labor Day weekend. I find her stories fascinating. I only remember hearing in history classes about the holocaust and dropping the bombs. I personally know very little of what else was happening to the people in the fighting areas. I’m glad I’m taking the time to read this series of 6 books. Highly recommend these to everyone
November 9, 2020
I LOVED this book. I have loved every book I have read by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. I loved how this book was about Krystia's sister in Don't Tell The Nazis. I love books about World War 2 and this book was one of the best I have read! I would totally read it again and recommend to anyone.
May 19, 2021
This book is AWESOME!!! And I love this quote- "Reading opens up the door to empathy, letting each of us walk in the shoes of someone else and letting us feel what it's like to be them. I can't think of a more powerful tool for creating good-and making sure history doesn't repeat itself- than discovering empathy through books." - Marsha Skrypuch, author
October 8, 2021
Wow. This book . . . Kinda blew my mind 🤯. It was so detailed and, being a huge fan of Marsha, was totally awesome 👏. It was so amazing getting to see this cool new perspective of WW2 and getting to fall in love with the characters. It made me feel many emotions, and had me gripped from the first sentence.
November 21, 2020
Interesting WWII story. I did not know anything about forced farm labor. Well written; I look forward to sharing this with students.
April 12, 2021
Excellent, as usual. I would expect nothing less from this author.
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December 6, 2021This was a very good book that M. Skrypunch wrote.
December 29, 2020
Love this statement in the author’s note. “Reading opens up the door to empathy....I can’t think of a more powerful tool for creating good.”
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March 7, 2024Ugh! This was soooooo good!
November 10, 2020
This book was amazing! It was so so good! It was super action packed, but it had a lot of emotion and sadness in it. I would recommend this books to anyone who likes historical fiction!
February 16, 2022
She's so brave
August 28, 2021
Not as compelling as "Don't Tell the Enemy (Nazis)" or the other WWII era books by Marsha, but still very good! Can't get enough of these well-researched and real-feeling books by her! I am particularly interested the next book coming out soon "Traitors Among Us". I am happy to have it preordered.
June 30, 2024
Slow reading at first but it gets super good later on! Ending is so worth it!
September 7, 2021
This Nieves weaves together aspects of war, especially WWII, that most do not consider. How residents can become enslaved. How families, on both sides, are torn apart. How war ravages everyone.
January 21, 2024
Wonderful book. Maria is just trying to survive hoping to find work in the Reich with her friend Nathan in hopes of protecting him and to earn money so she can send it back home to her mother and sister but things take a turn when Nathan and Maria are separated. When assigned to the Hubber farm Maria is determined to stay alive and find her sister and mother.
April 26, 2024
I read this book with my middle school daughters as part of our study of WW2. It was an excellent read and based on true events. At the end of the audiobook the author goes into detail about the true events that inspired the book.
April 27, 2020
Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for an eARC of this book.
If your students enjoyed Don't Tell The Enemy (Don't Tell The Nazis is the US title), then I highly recommend you add this one to your pre-order list for October 6th. This sequel is the story of Maria, Krystia's sister, and what happens to her after she leaves Viteretz in Ukraine with her friend Nathan to work in Austria and help support their families.
When the two are unexpectedly separated, Maria continues on to do farm labour, but worries about how she will find Nathan and help him protect his Jewish identity. At the same time she is harvesting, caring for livestock, and working in the home of Frau Huber and her family who support the Nazis, Maria is wondering if she will ever be able to reconnect with her mother and sister when the war is over. She also witnesses worse conditions than her own, and the lack of fairness in how citizens from different areas are being treated.
I actually enjoyed this book more than the first one, and love how the author writes series where you see characters who are connected but have their own story to tell. Her books are very popular in our library, so I'll definitely be adding it to our collection.
If your students enjoyed Don't Tell The Enemy (Don't Tell The Nazis is the US title), then I highly recommend you add this one to your pre-order list for October 6th. This sequel is the story of Maria, Krystia's sister, and what happens to her after she leaves Viteretz in Ukraine with her friend Nathan to work in Austria and help support their families.
When the two are unexpectedly separated, Maria continues on to do farm labour, but worries about how she will find Nathan and help him protect his Jewish identity. At the same time she is harvesting, caring for livestock, and working in the home of Frau Huber and her family who support the Nazis, Maria is wondering if she will ever be able to reconnect with her mother and sister when the war is over. She also witnesses worse conditions than her own, and the lack of fairness in how citizens from different areas are being treated.
I actually enjoyed this book more than the first one, and love how the author writes series where you see characters who are connected but have their own story to tell. Her books are very popular in our library, so I'll definitely be adding it to our collection.
July 8, 2020
Trapped in Hitler’s Web by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, 240 pages. Scholastic, OCT 2020. $18
Violence: PG (Nazi casual cruelty)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Maria, 11yo, and her friend Nathan are escaping their village in Ukraine by accepting jobs through the Reich Employment Office. A kind clerk sends them all the way to Austria as guest workers on Austrian farms, harvesting for the Nazi war machine. Nathan, however, is ordered off at Innsbruck – forced to work on a bridge building project. Maria continues on alone. She may be on a farm, but as a foreigner, she the least of the workers. It is a tightrope walk – not only do the Nazis keep a close eye to make sure she doesn’t receive any special treatment, but the daughter of the farmer is a member of the local Hitler Youth – her eagle eyes could cost Maria her life.
Skrypuch has finished the fourth book in her series about little-known parts of World War II. Each book of the quartet is lightly joined with the others. In this case Maria is the younger sister of Krystia, whom we met in Don’t Tell the Nazis.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2020...
Violence: PG (Nazi casual cruelty)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Maria, 11yo, and her friend Nathan are escaping their village in Ukraine by accepting jobs through the Reich Employment Office. A kind clerk sends them all the way to Austria as guest workers on Austrian farms, harvesting for the Nazi war machine. Nathan, however, is ordered off at Innsbruck – forced to work on a bridge building project. Maria continues on alone. She may be on a farm, but as a foreigner, she the least of the workers. It is a tightrope walk – not only do the Nazis keep a close eye to make sure she doesn’t receive any special treatment, but the daughter of the farmer is a member of the local Hitler Youth – her eagle eyes could cost Maria her life.
Skrypuch has finished the fourth book in her series about little-known parts of World War II. Each book of the quartet is lightly joined with the others. In this case Maria is the younger sister of Krystia, whom we met in Don’t Tell the Nazis.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2020...
March 11, 2023
This book was extremely amazing to read. It’s worth your time, unlike some other books. This Author is one of my personal favorites, and her books are phenomenal. Trapped in Hitler’s Web is not an exception. The writing is Beautiful and easy to understand. The story was extremely thought-out, it seems. The characters were kind, and willing to sacrifice a lot for their friends and family. I must say, I wish appalled when I read the following.
“Sophie reached in and pulled out a silver swastika the size of her palm. It hung from a hook and it had a silver bell attached to the bottom. I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach just looking at it. “”What does this have to do with Christmas?”” I asked. “”Christmas?”” She said. “”We celebrate Rauhnacht. Christ was a Jew. Why would we celebrate a Jew’s birth? Our celebration is u to o give tribute to our holy father, Adolf Hitler.””
It goes on to say she pulled out an ornament with a Jew being hanged and said it was funny. I knew the Nazis were bad, but to not celebrate Christmas because Jesus was a Jew? How horrible. How do you even brainwash people to that extent?
Anyway, I thought this book was extremely interesting, and it is worth your time.
“Sophie reached in and pulled out a silver swastika the size of her palm. It hung from a hook and it had a silver bell attached to the bottom. I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach just looking at it. “”What does this have to do with Christmas?”” I asked. “”Christmas?”” She said. “”We celebrate Rauhnacht. Christ was a Jew. Why would we celebrate a Jew’s birth? Our celebration is u to o give tribute to our holy father, Adolf Hitler.””
It goes on to say she pulled out an ornament with a Jew being hanged and said it was funny. I knew the Nazis were bad, but to not celebrate Christmas because Jesus was a Jew? How horrible. How do you even brainwash people to that extent?
Anyway, I thought this book was extremely interesting, and it is worth your time.
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