Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3091325/MAUS" 

This is my Wordle. All of these words are taken from the book or words that I think explain the book. This book is complicated and sometimes hard to read because there is so much death and sadness. While reading it some of the words popped out at me. Like: Survivor- because you lived in fear for a long time, many people died, its was a great accomplishment to survive the Holocaust. Prisoner- because many times you were tricked by a Nazi and ended up being a prisoner or you got caught, were a prisoner for a while and then killed. Food- because it was incredibly hard to find food. The people just tried to find a German to hide them and give them food. Even having a bti of cake was a big deal.

Holocaust Facts

The Holocaust was a very tragic event. Approximately 6 million Jews were murdered. The word Holocaust come from the Greek origin "sacrifice by fire". The Nazis came to Germany in 1933 and the Jewish population was standing at over 9 million. It was called World War II. The war eventually ended on May 8, 1945.

My Never-Ending Game Of Hide and Seek

From the perspective of Valdek from Maus.

pant, pant, I gasp for air as I run for safety.

There! I saw it. The perfect hiding place. I look back to see if the Nazi is still following me.

He's talking to a baker and the baker points in my direction. I grab my wife and leap down into the basement.

Its cold. Its wet. We can hear the rats running around the ground. 3 days we wait.

FInally, I look up. The light pours onto my face, the sweet smells from the bakery fill my nose. Oh, how I've missed this. I leap up and look around. No one.

I tell my wife and we rush across the road and then duck behind a building. 

A kind passerby tells us to get in his wagon and he will take us to his house where he has other Jews hiding. 

Grateful and desperate for help we agree and climb in.

Here we go, hiding again, waiting in fear for someone to find us.

What is the Holocaust? PP

Here is another power point about the Holocaust.

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