Yellow Star

“Losing the War”

Word spreads that the Germans are losing the war. Syvia cannot imagine anyone overpowering the Nazis. Dora imagines that the Allied soldiers must look like movie stars.

“What Next”

Syvia hopes to see Hava and Itka if the war ends, but Dora tells her that those who left the ghetto are not coming back. Syvia struggles to imagine so many people being dead.

“Another Question”

Syvia wonders whether foreign soldiers would care about saving Jews, as their Polish community and neighbors didn’t.

“Shipping Out”

Rumkowski announces that the Nazis plan to liquidate the ghettos and transport the remaining residents to parts of Germany that need to be repaired after the enemy bombing; however, the patients at the hospitals are the first to be deported, making Syvia suspicious.

Syvia hopes that she will have enough energy to run when the Nazis come for them; she is tired.

“A Knock on the Door”

Uncle Hyman comes for Papa’s help; soldiers have taken his daughter, Mina. Papa leaves with him.

“Search”

Papa and Uncle Hyman fill wheelbarrows with flour and dress in chimney sweep costumes. They go to the hospital where Mina is being kept.

“Rescue”

They tell Mina to hide under the flour sacks and take her home, and then they return for two other children.