Did you know if you had blond hair and blue eyes you were considered a perfect german. Apr 01, 2000 torn thread by anna isaacs, is a book that takes place in a work camp located in czechoslovakia. Someone named eva is a young adult novel by joan m. I am in the middle of the book someone named eva by joan m. Wolf, is a historical fiction portrayal that contains many historical and fictional events, characters, and settings. Just when i thought i knew everything about the holocaust i come upon someone named eva. She begins to clear the table after the meal instead of leaving the dishes for the servants. Eva is really milada a young czech girl who has blond hair and blue eyes that allow her to pass as a german. Eva is later sent to an insane asylum, where she and other female lunatics such as mrs. It is the standard biblical form of eve in many european languages. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2007, and was written by joan m.
Someone named eva melanie a timeline created by mellie. May 03, 2012 someone named eva climax the rising action of the story is when is milada is sent to the camp to become the perfect german citizen and all the things that happen in the camp lead up to the climax. Join britannicas publishing partner program and our community of experts to gain a global audience for your work. Matildaeva, babichka, jaro, franziska, anechka, elsbeth, leise, antonin, gerde, llsa, jana, peter, siegrid. Since she had blonde hair and blue eyes she was taken to a center for kids to become proper germans. Then they get taken to poland and their family gets separated. This is an alphabetically ordered list of fictional. In the novel someone named eva the author uses fictional characters and nonfictional characters. Free someone named eva study unit worksheets for teachers to print.
She just celebrated her 11th birthday in may of 1942. Milada then gets taken to a nazi center in puschkau, poland in june, 1942. The author does this because she wants the readers to be able to see the general life czech people used to live like, while also giving off a fictional side to the story so she can describe the life of miladaeva in a first person point of. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Characters by rachel mehle someone named eva characters are mostly fictional but they few real ones mentioned. The name eva is a girls name of hebrew origin meaning life. It concentrates on the life of milada, an elevenyearold czech girl who lives during world war ii. Exposition 3 characters milada is the main character. Some of the scenes take place in lidice, czechslovakia in 1942 at miladas house. The show follows the titular character william murdoch, a police detective working in toronto, ontario, through the turn of the 19th century into the 20th.
I loved all the characters in this book this book is awesome. Although, most of the soldiers are fictionalized like herr werner, they were based on a real group call the nazis. This script comes from the novel, someone named eva by joan m. In the camp they were learning the german language and if they did something wrong they were beat and they were givin german names that they had to. Books similar to someone named eva someone named eva. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Overall theme plot the begin of the book takes place during the middle of the night on june 10, 1942, a few weeks after milada kraliceks 11th birthday. Someone named eva was inspired by actual events that occurred during world war ii. Babichka, stood nearby holding my oneyearold sister, anechka, who gurgled and stuck her fingers in her mouth.
See results from the someone named eva quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. In someone named eva most of the main characters are fictional but there are some real characters that are real. I loved it because it was a holocaust book, but it wasnt about someone in a concentration camp, so it was different. It is a introduction to the holocaust through the eyes of a young girl whose ayran appearance destined her for a different fate than most others. Anechka aryan asked babichkas pin beautiful began birthday blanket blond hair camp church czech czechoslovakia dark door dress elsa elsbeth everything eyes face feeling felt fingers franziska fraulein kriiger fraulein schmitt front gerde german girls german. In 1942, elevenyearold milada is taken from her home in lidice, czechoslovakia, along with other blond, blueeyed children to a lebensborn center in poland. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Fraulein kruger brings everyone to the church she tells everyone that they are finally going to be german citizens, and eva passes out eva wakes up and sees her new parents around her, and they leave the building in a car she meets her new siblings, a. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are. Although the significant events that happen in the book did take place, milada, and the other characters in the book are fictional characters created to relay those events. Eva is found in many different languages as a variation of evethe old testament name recognizable as the first woman in abrahamic religions. An example of the detail is when the author explains about fraulein kruger,one of the characters. But then i would hear someone crying or catch the scent of hay and open my eyes again to what was really happening.
Someone named eva was inspired by the tragedy of lidice and the frightening realities of the nazi lebensborn program, explained wolf on her home page. Lynd, rose maxwell, and charlotte, as well as a murderess named hannah, concoct an escape plan. Some may have been based on fictional characters that lived during the world war 2 time period. Eva, a character in the film igor eva ushiromiya, a character in the visual novel, manga and anime series umineko when they cry eva, a character in the zimmer twins eva, a female keelbilled toucan who is rafaels wife in rio and rio 2. You wouldnt have seen the cruelty against the jews because none. It was picked up by cbc for its sixth and seventh seasons. In joan wolfs novel, someone named eva, this is exactly what happens to eleven year old milada.
A few things that the author kept the same as its historical account were the czechs getting taken away, the people being examined for the correct features, and also hitler being basically worshiped. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Eva is a female given name, the latinate counterpart of english eve, derived from a hebrew name meaning life or living one. Rising action 5 evamilada makes friends with a girl.
Mar 19, 2015 in someone named eva most of the main characters are fictional but there are some real characters that are real. Narrator 1 milada narrator 2 terezie narrator 3 jaro mama papa babichka terezies mother hana ruzha zelenka karel narrator 2. Wolf, follows the story of an elevenyearold girl in lidice, czechoslovakia during world war ll. Apr 24, 2016 after reading my historical fiction novel titled, someone named eva, i would argue that my author accurately portrayed the time period. The werner family is composed of vater, father in german, a high official at the nazi government, mutter mother, elsbeth and peter, her new adoptive siblings and their dog, kaiser. Why does franziska become friendly toward evamilada after they are adopted. You would have heard your grandmother, babichka, say that the nazi leader, hitler, was evil. Babichka continued to pray, using her crystal rosary beads. Eva is the only one who manages to escape, securing her freedom by tricking a man into giving her a cab ride.
The author does this because she wants the readers to be able to see the general life czech people used to live like, while also giving off a fictional side to the story so she can describe the life of milada eva in a first person point of. Her babichka, grandmother, her mama, her baby sister, anechka, and herself are taken to two different schools, as shelters. Someone named eva melanie a timeline timetoast timelines. She was blonde, blueeyed and was taken from her family to a center in germany. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading someone named eva. Apr 22, 2016 the book, someone named eva by joan m. Hitler was the only real character in someone named eva but he was only mentioned in a few conversations. The book is centered around elevenyearold milada who was taken from her home because she looks like an aryan raced child. Someone named eva about the main characters setting favorite quote of part choose slide i choose slide 2 and 3 because they have great information about the story my favorite part of the book is evas birthday and when she got back with her real mother the setting takes place in. Eva benitez book name is maria reyes physical description. Someone named eva ive read quite a bit of historical fiction set in nazi europe, but someone named eva by joan m. All the characters in the book are believable because they are based off of real people that really existed. Hitlers soldiers come to her town and take everyone away. The questions require students to make inferences, answer right there questions and synthesize information while using evidence to support their thinking.
Someone named eva timeline created by chocoholicemily171. The names are actual names that are used in europe during 1940s time period. The family of six this story is about there is milada, babichka, mama, papa, anechka. Someone named eva is a book about world war 2 and is based in the year 1942. What does eva do at the dinner table that causes disapproval. The second part is based on a little known practice of the nazis in which children who looked aryan were forcibly taken from their families, placed in a kinderheim childrens home and germanized. Exposition 2 setting lidice, czechoslovakia, in 1942, during world war 2. She is given a new name, eva, and trained to become the perfect german citizen, to be the hope of germanys future and to forget she was ever a czech girl named milada. There is a knock on the kraliceks front door and armed nazis order the family to pack a few things and go with them.
I had no idea that hitler was interested in collecting pure white children, brainwash them and turn them into nazis. The author says she was wearing a crisp blue shirt and tight braid. This is such an interesting book, it gives you such great detail. I loved it because it was a holocaust book, but it wasnt about someone in. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 200 pages and is available in hardcover format. Thats what my relationship with someone named eva is. Wolff learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Free someone named eva worksheets and literature unit for. To ask other readers questions about someone named eva, please sign up. She was only 12 when the nazis came to take her family. Someone named eva kindle edition by wolf, joan m download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Milada is then separated because of her blond hair and blue eyes, although she. Is a girl who was taken away from her mama, papa, jaro, anechka, and babitchka. Nov 14, 2017 someone named eva is a book about world war 2 and is based in the year 1942. Wolf takes a look at a part of world war ii that i never knew about. Someone named eva kindle edition by wolf, joan m children. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article requires login. During the middle of the night nazi soldiers storm her house and take her and her family. Eva has been adopted by a highranking nazi and franziska admires the nazis. Herr werner evas adoptive father is a high ranking nazi that runs a.
She then had a sister named elsbeth and a brother named peter. She was an aryan girl and she learned how to speak german. Someone named eva paperback june 15, 2009 by joan m. The two main characters, eva and her little sister rachel, must find a way to stay alive for one more hour as her father told eva to do. Though the characters are fictional, the events are not. The men and boys are separated from the women and children, who are taken to a school gym. Eva worked hard to remember lidice, while franziska worked hard to what.
It concentrates on the life of milada, an elevenyearold czech girl who lives during world war ii, after hitler annexes czechoslovakia during the years 19421945. Someone named eva characters are mostly fictional but they few real ones mentioned. The first part of someone named eva is based on the famous massacre of the residents of lidice, czechoslovakia. Although the story of eva is fictional, it is based on real facts. Top 3 surprise shocked britains got talent duration. The most important character from my book is milada. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Dark olive skin latina, dark brown short curly hair, scars on her hands and one on her neck knife brawls, dark coloured clothes such as blacks, greens and deep blues and purples. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of someone named eva by joan m.