Similarities Between Annemarie And Ellen Rosen

Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen are living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nazis have occupied their country for three years. Annemarie, Ellen, and Annemarie’s sister Kirsti are walking home from school. Annemarie and Ellen have a race, but two German soldiers stop them on the corner. The Nazis ask Annemarie why she is running, but Kirsti helps them not get in trouble with her hilariously rude behavior.
Life has changed a great deal for the people, with German soldiers patroling every corner of Copenhagen, and everyone dealing with severe food and electricity shortages. A few years ago, Annemarie’s sister, Lise, died before her wedding. Her fiancé, Peter Neilsen, still visits the Johansens, although he is busy because he is in the Danish Resistance. …show more content…
Many strangers appear, along with Peter Neilsen and, eventually, Mr. and Mrs. Rosen. As expected, the German soldiers arrive at the house and demand to know why so many people have gathered there. Mama says that they are holding a funeral. The Germans think it is odd that the casket is closed. However, Mama replies that Great-Aunt Birte died of typhus, and the doctor warned the family that her corpse might still be contagious. When Peter is sure they are gone, he opens the casket. It is filled with blankets and coats for the strangers, who are actually Jewish refugees.
Mama and Peter bring the refugees in small groups to the harbor, where Uncle Henrik takes them across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. Annemarie is very anxious and waits all night for Mama to get home. She eventually falls asleep, and when she wakes early in the morning, Mama still has not returned. She looks for her everywhere and eventually sees Mama crumpled in a heap at the entrance to a path through the woods. Annemarie rushes outside to help Mama, who explains that she tripped on a root on the way back from dropping off the Rosens and broke her