She thinks Hitler has taken up residence in her house, is sitting on her furniture, and is playing with her toys. Throughout much of the book, Anna sees Hitler’s policies as a personal attack on her family. That point of view underscores the effect of political events on these confused small victims. Although young readers will not know details of Hitler’s “final solution” concerning the Jews, those events are seen through the eyes of a child. Literary Elements at work in the story: The time setting of this book strongly influences the book. The story of Anna is continued in The Other Way Round and A Small Person Far Away. Forced to flee in 1933, the family lived in Switzerland and France before arriving in England in 1936. The author lived in Berlin where her father was a drama critic before the rise of Hitler. But as long as the family stays together, nothing else matters. Each move means more possessions are left behind. They move to Switzerland, France, and England, learning new languages, and cultures and making new friends. The family moves several times, always one step ahead of danger. For the rest of the war, she imagines Hitler in their house, sitting on their furniture, eating their food, and playing with the toys and games she and Max had been forced to abandon.

Anna and her older brother Max are allowed to take one toy or game with them everything else must be left behind. Her mother explains that he has left Germany and that the rest of the family will secretly join him in Switzerland soon. Her parents tell Anna and her brother that Hitler will make Germany unsafe for Jews like them.

She sees posters of a man named Adolph Hitler, but doesn’t know who he is. The author is an artist she may have done the illustrations. The only illustrations are small ones at the beginning of each chapter. Anna begins to understand life will never be the same as she and her family navigate unfamiliar lands and cope with the challenges of being refugees.Name of Book: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit But when her father (Oliver Masucci) - based on the prominent theater critic Alfred Kerr - suddenly vanishes, the family is secretly hurried out of Germany. Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler's face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. The story of a Jewish family's escape from 1933 Berlin to Europe tackles prejudice, exile, displacement and adaptation, as told from the perspective of the author's alter ego, nine year-old Anna Kemper (Riva Krymalowski in her feature film debut).

From Academy Award® winning director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa)'s comes an adaptation of acclaimed British author Judith Kerr's classic novel based on her childhood memories.

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