Jacobs Rescue
Jacob
Jacob is a little boy whos mom has passed away, Jacob can only remember the sad song she sang. Jacob is forced to live with a new family because the Nazis were comming and his dad had left him there.
Alex
Alex is a grown man who takes Jacob in and later renames him Genyek because it reminded him of his friend.
Mela
Mela was a mom and kept Jacob safe from the Nazis. She made him a secret hiding place under the sink in the kichen.
Plot
The plot takes place durring the Haulocost, 1943 Warsaw, Poland. They're always on the move because they need to be in a safe place to hide Jacob. Then later on the ghettos were getting blown up and everyone had to witness that.
Connections
The Roslans recieved their award because they rescued so many people and they were so brave to keep Jacob bcause they were risking their own lives also. If a Nazi had found Jacob they would of killed him and they would of killed the people keeping him safe also.
Quote/ Citation
"within minutes everything was still, only smoke, flame and bodies remained."
I picked this quote because i thought of how horrible that would of been to see all that and I can't believe that people actually went through that.