Someone Named Evaa Sparknotes
World War II was one of the biggest and deadliest wars in history. Lasting six years with over
80 million casualties and Adolf Hitler in command of it all, World War II was the most devastating war known to mankind. The German Nazis had completely taken over almost all of central Europe including Czechoslovakia which just happens to be where this story comes into place. What would it be like to live during the war? How would it affect the daily lives of families in Germany or
Czechoslovakia? These few questions can be answered by Joan Wolf in the book Someone Named
Eva.
The setting of the book is in Czechoslovakia in 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Three towns or places are emphasised in this book. Lidice, Czechoslovakia, is …show more content…
These towns are important to take notice because there is virtually no warning in between chapters of when she is moving from place to place. The plot for the book is the story of a little girl in who resides in the town of Lidice,
Czechoslovakia. She lives with her family and her grandmother. On the night of Miladas birthday party, German Nazis come to her house to take her away from her family. The Nazis take Milada, her mother, little sister, and grandmother to a temporary prison camp where Milada is graded upon her features to see if she is eligible to be one of Hitler’s perfect example of a German child. She gets separated from her remaining family and is transferred to a Lebensborn Center in Poland. She spends three years there while she is taught to speak Aryan and to present herself in a proper manner. Following her time at the center, she is taken in by a German family and stays with them for a year or two before the German Nazis come to bring the father of the family Milada’s staying with. After the Nazis come, Milada is returned to her Czechoslovakian mother and is safe but becomes aware that her father, brother, and grandmother have all passed away in
80 million casualties and Adolf Hitler in command of it all, World War II was the most devastating war known to mankind. The German Nazis had completely taken over almost all of central Europe including Czechoslovakia which just happens to be where this story comes into place. What would it be like to live during the war? How would it affect the daily lives of families in Germany or
Czechoslovakia? These few questions can be answered by Joan Wolf in the book Someone Named
Eva.
The setting of the book is in Czechoslovakia in 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Three towns or places are emphasised in this book. Lidice, Czechoslovakia, is …show more content…
These towns are important to take notice because there is virtually no warning in between chapters of when she is moving from place to place. The plot for the book is the story of a little girl in who resides in the town of Lidice,
Czechoslovakia. She lives with her family and her grandmother. On the night of Miladas birthday party, German Nazis come to her house to take her away from her family. The Nazis take Milada, her mother, little sister, and grandmother to a temporary prison camp where Milada is graded upon her features to see if she is eligible to be one of Hitler’s perfect example of a German child. She gets separated from her remaining family and is transferred to a Lebensborn Center in Poland. She spends three years there while she is taught to speak Aryan and to present herself in a proper manner. Following her time at the center, she is taken in by a German family and stays with them for a year or two before the German Nazis come to bring the father of the family Milada’s staying with. After the Nazis come, Milada is returned to her Czechoslovakian mother and is safe but becomes aware that her father, brother, and grandmother have all passed away in