In 1941 the Holocaust started,and Jews had to be very careful of what they did. The soldiers were everywhere, and sometimes they would show up to Jews houses and search them. In the book “Number The Stars”, these people ,the Rosen’s are Jews,and their daughter, Ellen, is best friends with Annemarie.

One day they were racing down the street and a soldier stopped them asking alot of questions. A few nights later the soldiers came to the Rosens house, but luckily they weren’t there. Ellen was spending the night with Annemarie, Ellen’s parents are with Peter, somebody the Johansons know. A few days later Annemarie, Mrs Johanson, and Ellen traveled to Mrs Johanson’s brother, Henricks house.They say a Great-Aunt Birte has died.

Alot of people came to the funeral at Henrick’s house. All the people were Jews escaping to Sweden.The day they left on the boats, Henrick forgot something. So Annemarie had to run through the woods and to the dock to give it to him.

On the way there she was stopped by four soldiers,and two dogs.They searched the basket which had the stuff that was Henrick’s, in it. She was scared to death that they would find whatever it was that was Henrick’s, but they did. Finally they let her go, and she got it to Henrick.

The war was finally over and everybody got to go back home, and when they did, they danced in the streets like there was no tomorrow.