Problems and resolutions
PROBLEM 2
A lady ran to the train and handed Anna a basket through the carriage t with a baby in it
RESOLUTION 2
she took care of it until someone could put it in a safe home
Characters
Anna Schlesinger
Anna is a 12 year old Jewish girl from Germany who likes books, and is the main character in the story. She is living in Germany just before World War II breaks out. Anna is kind and caring for others, strong and courageous.
Mama and Papa
Mama and Papa were Anna's parents. They are a Jewish family, and they loved Anna, and wanted to keep her safe at all costs.
Foster family
Mr. and Mrs. Dean were Anna's foster parents and
Frank and Molly were her foster parents kids, she got along good with Molly and Frank
Colonel Ferguson
Colonel Ferguson the head of the local British army camp.
PROBLEM 1
Anna's parents feel that it isn't safe for Anna any more in Germany, as the Nazis are persecuting Jewish people, and they want to get her out. Only children can get visas to leave the country for "kinder transport", so they couldn't come with her. Anna has to make her own way to safety- for her, that means England.
RESOLUTION 1
Anna goes on a train to England to stay with a foster family to stay safe because Hitler hates Jews and Anna was Jewish
Plot
Beginning
Anna lived with her parents in Germany. Anna's family were Jewish and her home was invaded by the Nazis. To keep Anna safe her parents put her on a train on kinder transport on her own but as they were leaving the train station platform, a lady gave a baby through their carriage window and Anna had to take care of this baby until they got to England, but he had no documents to pass the German border but they let the baby through.
Middle
In England Anna was given a warm welcome from her foster family and soon joined school, but things at school started to go down hill, when a boy called Billy started to spread rumours about Anna being a German spy, but they could not find evidence. One morning Molly and Fred went to the barn and Fred told molly Winston Chirchill was coming to that to their home town Ashcombe that thursday but above them in the loft was a German Nazi spy and he had a coded transmiter but his leg was broken so he could not go anywhere
and pretended he was a british soldier who was hurt so they brought him food and water to ply him.
Ezra Neumann
Ezra was the little baby in the basket who was passed through the carriage window.
End
Molly, Frank and Anna told the local army camp there was a Nazi spy living in the loft above the barn but had a broken leg and could not go anywhere, the colonel captured the spy and Winston Chirchill thanked Anna, Molly and Frank personally. Years later Anna found out her parents died in the concentration camps and she decided she wanted to help people so she became a doctor. On Anna's 90th birthday her family got a big surprise for her near the end of the party the door bell rang at the door was a tall man but that man was Ezra the baby she cared for on the train.
Serena Vasanth
6J 24/2/2022
Author Helen Peters