THE BOOK THIEF FACT AND FICTION By Jessica

THE BOOK THIEF: FACT AND FICTION By: Jessica Brunt

MOLCHING OVERVIEW v. Fictional place v. Located on the outskirts of Munich v. Based on Olching and Munich Germany v. Bombed in 1943, not all of the characters survive

MOLCHING-MAIN SETTINGS v. Liesel lives on Himmel Street v. The Amper River v. Grand 8 Strauss, the mayor’s house v. Dachau concentration camp

OLCHING OVERVIEW v. Real Town vlocated on the outskirts of Munich v. The Amper river runs through it

OLCHING OVERVIEW v. Dachau concentration camp was located near by v. Had many third Reich and the national socialist party supporters v. Bombed on February 22, 1944

THE AMPER RIVER The Book: Molching Real Life: Olching v Liesel and Rudy have many v Main source of water for adventures here. agriculture v Runs through or around v Runs straight through the Molching middle of the town The Amper river Coat of Arms

DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP The Book: Molching v. Never fully described v. Where one of the characters is taken Real Life: Olching v First concentration camp created • Originally a labor camp v Located 10 miles NW of Munich v Many Medical experiments took place here Dachau gates

DACHAU ENTRY REGISTER

HIMMEL STREET Himmel Street in the Movie The Book: Himmel Street Real Life: Himmelstrasse v The street where Liesel v A path in The Sobibor Lives extermination camp v Translates to “heaven” v Led from the undressing v One of the main settings area to the gas chambers in the book v Fenced in by camouflaged barbed wire Himmelstrasse In Sobibor

DEATH DESCRIBES HIMMEL STREET v “The buildings appear to be glued together, mostly small houses and unit blocks that look nervous. There is murky snow spread out like carpet. There is concrete, empty hatstand trees, and grey air. ”( page 26) v “Whoever named Himmel street certainly had a healthy sense of irony. Not that it was a living heck. It wasn’t. But it sure as heck wasn’t heaven , either. ” (Page 25)

THE BOMBING Real Life: Olching The Book: Himmel Street v Bombed in 1943 v Bombed on February 22, v The sirens were not a fast 1944 enough warning v Mostly destroyed rail yards v Only one survivor v 22 people died v Everything was destroyed

DEATH DESCRIBES THE BOMBING v “No one wanted to bomb Himmel Street. No one would bomb a place named after heaven, would they? Would they? “(Pages 497 -498) v “The bombs came down, and soon, the clouds would bake and the cold raindrops would turn to ash. Hot snowflakes would shower to the ground. In short, Himmel street was flattened. ”(Page 498)