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On arrival in England at night, their train stops, for the umpteenth time, at a small ill-lit station. Anna was walking home from school with Elsbeth, a girl in her class. A lot of snow had fallen in Berlin that winter. It did not melt, so the street cleaners had swept it to the edge of the pavement, and there it had lain for weeks in sad, greying heaps. Now, in February, the snow had turned into slush and there were puddles everywhere. Anna and Elsbeth skipped over them in their lace-up boots. I would like to read a biography about the author. This is historical fiction but closely based on the author’s childhood experiences, and I’d love to know what really happened and what was changed or made up, and also what was left out. It all seem so real that it read like an autobiography. I kept forgetting that it was fictionalized. For Anna, no matter what happens in her life, nothing makes a difference as long as the whole family is together. The rest they would figure out. OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES Un maravilloso libro que narra desde el punto de vista de una niña de 9 años el exilio de una familia judía alemana a la llegada de los nazis al poder, al ser el padre un escritor de éxito que no se mordía precisamente la lengua. Y no por salir de Alemania a tiempo dejan de sufrir los efectos del antisemitismo. Y es que este no se circunscribe a Alemania sino que es un mal común, presente en muchos países; una realidad que muchos quieren negar.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr | Goodreads
Summer is upon us and with it our latest blog series, which this year takes the theme of journeys in literature. As readers of previous series, such as A book for the beach or Baddies in books, will know, it’s an excuse to revisit old favourites and study them in a new light. My choice is a novel I discovered as an adult and read with children, which is why I am doubly fond of it. Tacy Kneale, Judith’s daughter, reads this extraordinary audio edition of the unforgettable adventure Michael Morpurgo called “The most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read.” Anna reflects on how she and her brother adjust to the different environments they encounter, how they struggle with different school systems and languages. My favourite part is when she almost gives up learning to speak French and then suddenly realises she can do it. When the family moves on to England, she has new confidence in her ability to adapt, and she starts out with the knowledge that she might not be able to understand a word right now, but if she gives it a couple of months, she will talk without any difficulty. There were some people who were bigots, and there were also a few heavy things for a middle grade book, including two things toward the end. One was unexpected for me and left me feeling very sad. I was expecting a bad outcome in this case but didn’t think it would come in this book (maybe in book two, if ever?) or happen in this exact way.
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Imanuel Marcus (9 January 2020). "Judith Kerr's 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit' to Hit Movie Theaters". berlinspectator.com . Retrieved 21 June 2020. When Hitler stole pink rabbit is a book about a girl called Anna whose dad is wanted by the Nazis. Therefore the whole family is evacuated into the deepest depths of the bustling streets of Paris. I loved this book because its so interesting to find out what life was like during the nasty days of the second world war. I would strongly recommend this book !!!
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit : Kerr, Judith, Dahl, Erhard When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit : Kerr, Judith, Dahl, Erhard
This semi-autobiographical classic, written by Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War. On the other hand, the author emphasizes the feeling of togetherness that the family is trying to maintain since they were forced to leave Germany. And this is, in my opinion, the most important topic of the novel. That is what happened to Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began, too busy with her schoolwork and toboganning to take much notice of political posters, but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler, the man who would soon change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life. I suppose ...” said Anna, “I suppose it’s because my mother and father are Jews, and I suppose their mothers and fathers were too. I never thought about it much until Papa started talking about it last week.” As a consequence of the situation in Germany, and fearing what will for sure come later, and even before Hitler and his party win the elections, her parents decided they should all leave the country.Published in 1971, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is the first in a trilogy of autobiographical novels that the bestselling author and illustrator wrote to explain her early life to her own children. We first meet her alter ego, Anna, as a precocious nine-year-old whose only problem appears to be negotiating the consequences of having a famous writer for a father. (“You hardly ever hear of two famous people in the same family. It makes me rather sad.”) But soon that life is gone, as first her father and then Anna, her mother and brother flee to Switzerland, then on to France and finally to England.
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was adapted by the German TV channel WDR as the television film Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl, directed by Ilse Hofmann [ de], starring Martin Benrath and Elisabeth Trissenaar. [8] I’d have thought even you would know that at your age,” said Max who was just twelve. “The Nazis are the people who are going to vote for Hitler in the elections. We Sozis are the people who are going to vote against.” Everybody immediately began to tell her and the room was suddenly filled with noise and laughter. She knew the names of all their teachers and always remembered what they had told her. So when Max and Gunther talked about how the Geography master had flown into a rage she said, “No wonder, after the way you all played him up last week!” And when Anna told her that her essay had been read out in class she said, “That’s marvellous-because Fraulein Schmidt hardly ever reads anything out, does she?” I loved the book and am so glad that I’ve read it. I want to go on and read the next two books. It would have been a huge loss (even if I had never realized it) if I’d never gotten to this book. It’s an excellent book. That is another big lesson that Kerr teaches us all. We all have the power to face our problems as long as we keep and open mind and are willing to do it. It takes time (and even tears, as it happened to Anna) but in the end, we will succeed.Judith was awarded an OBE for services to children’s literature and holocaust education in 2012, the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2019. Judith died in 2019, and her stories continue to delight generations of children. Put it down the what-not!” said Gunther. So they did. The first time they pulled the chain it would not flush away, but the second time, just as the gong went for lunch, it disappeared very satisfactorily. I wish my father was famous,” said Elsbeth. “But I don’t think he ever will be because he works in the Post Office, and that’s not the sort of thing people get famous for.” It was interesting to see how a refugee feels and how the lead up to the war affected peoples lives.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: A classic and unforgettable
Out of the Hitler Time is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Judith Kerr for children and young adults. By this time they were standing outside Anna’s white-painted gate. Elsbeth was feverishly trying to think of something she might become famous for when Heimpi who had seen them from the window opened the front door. Relive some of Judith Kerr's classic books.To honour the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award winner we've highlighted some of Judith's best tales. Anna looked at the staring eyes, the grim expression. She said, “It’s not a bit like Charlie Chaplin except for the mous tache.” I was moved to read about these struggles, especially the part of learning a new language, with which I totally sympathised.Anna suddenly finds things moving too fast for her to understand. One day, her father goes unaccountably missing. Then she herself and her brother Max are being rushed by their mother, in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know - home and schoolmates and well-loved toys - right out of Germany!
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