friedrich

__ Friedrich __ by Hans Peter Richter ISBN: 0-14-032205-1 ©1970 138 pages

-p. 2 – Friedrich and our narrator are born and live in the same ‘house’ p. 28 where Friedrich and our narrator see the first signs of problems in their town with the word “Jew” written on a sign outside of a doctor’s office
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Friedrich and our narrator become fast friends since they live in the same ‘house’ (one upstairs, one in the middle). Friedrich is Jewish, while our narrator is not. Times become tough for all Jews in their community, and it hurts their relationship since they can’t always be seen with each other. It also strains the finances of Friedrich’s parents since their jobs are taken away (our narrator’s family does struggle as well, but they don’t live in the same ‘fear’ that Friedrich’s family does). Once Friedrich’s mother dies, his father becomes a different, more guarded person, and that is the downfall of his family. Yet another decent fictional account of this period of time that should never have been.
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YA fiction: historical fiction; Germany; Jews; Nazi


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