The funeral turns out to be an excuse to gather people together-including the Rosens. There, Annemarie is surprised to find that her fisherman Uncle Henrik is having a funeral for their “Great-Aunt Birte.” However, she knows that no such person exists.
Johansen decide to take Ellen and the girls to the coast, where Mrs. However, after German soldiers come to the apartment late at night and challenge this story, Mr. They pass her off as their daughter Lise, who died two years earlier. Still, the young girls do not fully realize the danger that Ellen, whose family is Jewish, is in until Jewish businesses in the area start closing and the Rosens' rabbi is forced to give the Germans a list of Jews in his congregation.Īs the Danish Resistance hides Ellen's parents, the Johansen family welcomes Ellen. An early encounter with two Nazi soldiers illustrates just how much their lives have changed. Annemarie, her friend Ellen Rosen, and their families have had to adapt to many changes since the German army occupied their country three years ago. Set in 1943 Copenhagen, Number the Stars is told in the close third-person point of view of 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen.
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